Word: ear
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Warren and Wayne has been mentioned; they are also experienced comedians and supply much of the fun, with the valuable aid of Mr. Gleason. There are several novel scenes, in one of which two engaged ladies discussing the relative merits of their fiances are followed about out of ear-shot by those gentlemen, occupied in dilating upon the attachment of their fiancees to themselves. As may be imagined, this is quite entertaining...
Their fountain pens are not done jabbing, however. Under the protecting wing of Alfred A. Knopf who has befriended and encouraged many to whom smug society turned a deaf ear and an unseeing eye, they have started a new magazine, The American Mercury. While in the Smart Set, perhaps to keep a fire in the editorial office, they were forced at times to pander to the tastes of readers who demanded undisturbing fiction, in their newest venture with a publisher like Knopf behind them they need serve neither fiction nor soothing copy of any kind, but may scratch and sting...
...constructed for patterns. Long noses may be shortened, bony humps in them may be removed, depressions may be filled in in "saddle noses." At Major Gilles' clinic a woman with terrible burns on her face was equipped with a new jaw and eyebrows. A baby with a withered ear was given a good one. Hundreds of applicants, who want their faces reconstructed because of deformities which militate against employment or marriage, have had to be turned away. Formerly, except in armies, only the rich could afford facial surgery, but the St. Andrew's Clinic will extend its services...
...Paris, some weeks ago, Madame Silvain, famed tragedienne, was acting in a Greek drama, with the sword of Damocles suspended not by a hair but by a cord over her head. Malicious colleagues cut the cord. The sword fell-so did Mme. Silvain's left ear. Last week she was awarded $2,000 damages...
...ear worth...