Word: geniality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been suggested, the charm of the book lies largely in author's pleasant narrative style, his genial humor, and the thin veil of sentiment in evidence. His descriptions of Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians are features of the work which is probably a great deal more profitable reading than most contemporaneous novels...
Francis Xavier Schwab, genial mayor of Buffalo, met austere Producer David Belasco for the first time last week, at the tryout of Belasco's The Big Fight (in which Pugilist Jack Dempsey is a star). The mayor, pleased, told his chauffeur to go out and get a gold key to the city. This done, Mayor Schwab solemnly said: "I present this key as a mark of esteem from Buffalo and hope, Mr. Belasco, that you will return here countless times with premieres of your matchless plays." Solemnly, Producer Belasco answered: "It is always a pleasure to come to Buffalo...
...accomplished the trick. Mr. Shaw was caught walking idly in his garden. Suddenly he stopped, faun-like, and looked into the camera as if it were just a jolly surprise. Then, with his beard close to the camera, he began to talk and confess to the public what a genial and gentle old fellow he really is. He made faces, explaining that he can look like Benito Mussolini and then, in a jiffy, look like his benevolent self. He pulled out his watch, said goodbye; and the audience felt sure that it had been fondled on the knee...
...drew together in Toronto for the Fourth Quinquennial Congress of the Baptist World Alliance, a purely advisory organization. They discussed industrial problems, militarism, the spiritual rebuilding of China, missionary work, the unfoldings of the Baptist faith in other countries. No serious disputes or differences marked the genial and progressive activities of the congress...
Close behind urbane Olvany marches genial George E. Brennan of Chicago. His cohorts (O'Briens, Mclnerneys, Sullivans, McDonoughs, Quinlans, Whealans) are a legacy from Boss Roger Sullivan. Says Brennan: "The job of boss was a big jackpot. I happened to be the only man around the table who had openers." Once, also, he was the only man present in an emergency when two cars of a moving train had to be uncoupled, a distinction which cost him a leg. Watching him stump cheerily about the hall, coralling his Cook County forces, delegates reserve their sympathy for Oklahoma...