Word: drollness
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There is Holger Drachmann with his outward insouciance, his interior delight in shocking a folk who secretly delight in being shocked-all cocked into roguishly droll, yet essentially sad, stanzas. The tongue i'-the cheek cannot quite outdo the tear...
...witty remarks becomes a tradition. He is quoted everywhere and his remarks are interpreted as penetrating and profound. This cannot help turning most men's heads. Wu-Ting-Fang discovered that his slightest utterance, even when seriously intended, caused Americans to burst into laughter. Everything he said was considered droll, subtle, or Oriental. In consequence, he said a great deal, taking a hand in politics, and communicating directly with members of Congress. When the State Department hinted that his actions were, to put it mildly, irregular, he blandly expressed his unfortunate inability to understand Western affairs and was invariably excused...
...American pal, equally dead, and wanted besides in America for embezzlement (of which, strange to say, he is really guilty); with them comes a third pal, the unknown and unknowing Spoofy, a victim of gas aphasia with a penchant for "lifting". From this combination, aided by convenient coincidences, innumerable droll situations arise, genuinely comic, of the type not wit but humor. In fact the play depends little on its lines; it is from character, incident, and pure stage effect that the author, Frederick Isham, has gleaned his laughs. The play moves amiably from situation to situation, with little suspense except...
Walter Weems terming himself the "Southern Humorist" kept his audience entertained throughout his allotted time with his droll remarks Charles F. Aldrie in his remarkably quick changes in impersonation and the 'Two Sports from Michegan" completed the best acts...
...really delightful events of the theatrical season in any city, is the appearance of that droll comedian, William Hodge; especially is this the case when he appears in a new play. One of these worth-while occasions will occur locally at the Wilbur Theatre, Boston, next Monday, Columbus Day, Oct. 13, when Mr. Lee Shubert will present William Hodge in his brand-new play, "The Guest of Honor." It is a comedy romance of New York life in three acts. So consistently successful have been the several plays in which Mr. Hodge has appeared in since his phenomenal success...