Word: dandelion
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...began to rattle and jump like a strike-breaker's motor car," wrote O. Henry in his short story, "Springtime a la Carte." . . . How, unable to find her sweetheart in New York . . . her money running low . . . she earned her meals by typing menus . . . and hammered out instead of "Dandelion Greens with Hard-Boiled Egg," "Dearest Walter with Hard-Boiled Egg." And fortunately "Dearest Walter" wandered into the restaurant, found his name on the menu . . . and they lived happily ever after...
...convention's judiciary committee has been deluged with recommendations from local granges and Audubon societies. So far, from forty-eight states and one territory (Guam), forty-nine suggestions have been received. The ylang-ylang was Guam's choice for the national flour, while that of Massachusetts was the dandelion. Apparently the radio, being audible and not visible, has mixed flower with flour. In ordinary circumstances a thorough mixing of flour is essential for good results, but it is another matter when the flours are election issues. After due consideration the judiciary committee has postponed the balloting indefinitely...
Experimental theatres in the last few years have been blossoming like the proverbial dandelion, and most of them have been almost as ephemeral. Our local specimen, the Boston Stage Society, seems to have survived the winter, and bids fair to become a hardy perennial. This earnest group of amateurs is working under conditions which make dramaphiles incline to point them out for charity. This first production, it is said, cost them but fifteen dollars for costumes and scenery: but with the insignificant admission charged, and the meagre patronage they have received, even such economy is no assurance of a safe...