Word: flamingly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...often been a matter of mild wonder to the Vagabond to see the amount of effort which is expended upon the modern art of advertizing. From the paintings which illustrate Parfume "Chant d' Oiseau" or "Flame de Gloire" --a glossary of French for the advertisement reader has recently been compiled--"Bodies by Fisher" and "Boneless Codfish", to the circulars urging college men "to look their prettiest on that important occasion" an unbelievable amount of effort is expended upon luring the unsuspecting purchaser...
...that may be his lack, for in what he could understand he was struck by elements of really great drama and penetrating insight. The difficulties of language are as smoke surrounding a flame. Pirandello's thought, tinged with a profound yet tender pessimism, is in the truly grand manner. If he fails, it is only because he has attempted too much. And again his failure may be those of the translator and reviewer...
...between members of a mutual adulation society. Many an-other able artist pays homage to Novelist Ford's bearded friend. They consult him about their pictures, statues, books, love affairs. They are not dazzled by his often eccentric habits and raiment, seeing within him a spirit like a flame blown in the wind. He is a genuine "original" on that shore of exotic wreckage and treasure, the Left Bank. That he was born in the U. S. is unimportant except that his inability to subsist there argues his febrility. There is about him much of the hot-house plant...
When he struts forth in a black shirt, his round eyes wide and straining to flame like II Duce's, Signor Francesco Marini, Director General of the Milan Schools, is a terrific sight at which small Marias and Beppos quake...
...Coolidge of Schenectady had produced powerful cathode rays outside a vacuum tube; his colleague, Dr. Langmuir, had perfected a hydrogen-hydrogen welding flame, the hottest ever; another colleague, Dr. Alexanderson, had nearly perfected radio television...