Word: citrous
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...should crumble into the sea/ There would still be you and me," and "Inspiration is what you are to me." But the inspiration is unfortunately bathetic, and the sanguine ending is a bit too Panglossian. "Thank You" does provide a needed contrast to the previous songs, amatory alacrity and citrous jeu d'chair, but its flawed beauty recalls Checkhov's reply to a plea for biographical disclosures: "If you haven't facts, substitute lyricism...
Vitamin C. Precisely two centuries ago British mariners discovered that scurvy could be prevented or cured by eating citrous fruits. All in the past two years the anti-scurvy Vitamin C has been identified, its chemical structure determined, its synthetic preparation accomplished. The story was told last week by some of its principal figures...
...argument itself there is much truth in it. Italy would be better able to pay if she could export to us more citrous fruits than has been possible under the high tariff, more labor than under the present immigration laws, more wine than under the Volstead Act. How much more she could pay if these restrictions were removed is problematical. But if the restrictions were removed, loud would be the angry cries of the U.S. growers of citrous fruits, of U.S. labor, U.S. bootleggers. The question is the old one: "Do we want to be paid...
...Messrs. Benchley, Broun, and Nathan, and make a joke of the whole thing. Here is a play ideal for the humorous review, and the seats in Row V--V not, in this case, meaning five--which the management graciously bestowed upon this department might reasonably inspire humor of the citrous sort. "Abie's Irish Rose" has, however, become a phenomenon--the press notices boastfully say so--and, whatever it may deserve as a play, as a phenomenon it deserves the same serious consideration that we give to five-footed calves and weasel-faced canaries. It is our task to explain...
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