Word: feasting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...those who go to the theatre solely to be amused, to have their laughter evoked by able comedians, to feast their eyes on girls, costumes and scenery, all of a high order, to hear light and witty songs well rendered, we heartily recommend the bill at the Majestic Theatre this week. The acts were varied, and of high quality; the music was catchy, well sung, and pleasant to hear; and what is most important, and most unusual in vaudeville, the girls were all good looking...
...Hill is slated to start as pitcher, but it is probable that Gherke will be substituted. Lewis Gordon, A. S. Rogers, and L. C. Larrabee, who led the batting feast on Wednesday, are counted upon to got the hits, while R. G. Norris at first and F. S. Hill at second are steady men in the infield...
There is something sacred about a Christmas number which Lampy has been quick to perceive and he has striven to prepare a feast of humour at which Anthony Comstock would not have blushed to sit down. Occasionally a quip becomes recalcitrant and breaks loose, only to be swallowed up again by full page close-ups of the interior of the Lampoon building. But this is, after all, only what is to be expected in a Christmas number, and there are frequent flashes of decided Jevity, such as an unintentional likeness of Professor Rand performing on skiis, a clever whack...
...pocket specifications of the overall costume insinuate a confident answer. As the menace of the great Drought grows with the passage of time, it is but reasonable to assume that the committee will bend every effort to make the 1920 feast a memorable one. This year may be the last to offer any semblance of former annual sprees...
...only alternatives are radicalism and ultra conservatism, and that those who refuse to swallow either of these dogmas are in immediate danger of "falling off backwards" from the fence upon which our friend has conveniently placed them. We are confident that the liberals will share in the "wedding feast" to as great an extent as the "oil-bearing" conservatives. Today, true Americanism consists not in ridicule and vituperation, but in sincere striving for the co-operation of the elements that constitute American society. IRVING ROSENBLOOM '23. HENRY J. FRIENDLY...