Word: genesius
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They say that St. Genesius, the patron saint of the theatre, was a Roman burlesque comic. He must have been watching over Forum--happy as a saint, that the proceeds will go to Radcliffe's charitable Grant-in-Aid; and pleased, as a pro, that this production is such a funny thing...
...Among his works was the revival of medieval guilds: the Guild of St. Luke, for physicians; St. Apollonia (tortured by having her teeth broken out), for dentists; St. Genesius, for stenographers, secretaries; St. Zita, for domestics; St. Agnes, for high school girls; St. Imelda, for factory girls; the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin, for telephone operators...
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