Word: dads
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...primrose path. Carry on till you sing to 'His Glory,' till you can make a weary people forget the troubles of reality. And good luck go with you. Now I shall open my door. I want to go into the arms of my mother, my dad-who always believed in me. Au revoir...
...small face in their expression of quiet pessimism, of a thoughtful, stoic sorrow. His "Epitaph on a Pessimist'' is a flippant quatrain: I'm Smith of Stoke, aged sixty-odd, I've lived without a dame From youth-time on; and would to God My dad had done the same...
...this afternoon is neither the beginning nor the end of a Big Game. A big game starts on Monday, and ends the Friday following the day of play. Not only twenty-four rather attractive fellows in colorful jersies play the game, but the world and his brother, his sister, Dad and the maiden aunt play it, morning, noon, and night. And there are no holds barred...
...dinner at the Broadbottoms before the Braffles. If you don't know the left end, and it's no use trying to impress Mazie Jackson, who has come all the way from Miss Bentley's School in Rhode Island to make Johnnie's life happy, and his Dad sore...
...Cross. Charles B. Dillingham's big dress-parade is possessed of every grace except humor. Lively dancers, good tunes, gorgeous costumes are presented in abundance. Criss Cross could find no ready market for its splendors, however, were it not for that priceless pair, Stone pere and Stone fille. Dad's acrobatic clowning discovers laughs that the lines themselves never even hinted at, while Daughter's unspoiled charm is one of Broadway's fresh delights. The dull book goes on at length concerning a simple maid who is about to be begged, borrowed, or stolen from...