Word: goldenly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Gawky, homely, his weighty trunk swaying upon long parabolic legs, he first barnstormed the rural counties as a burlesque "Little Eva" in a golden wig on a ladder to heaven. He turned yeast salesman, then ward politician. His grin and "Well, now, folks?" won him a larger majority than Indianapolis gave to Novelist Booth Tarkington when the two ran together (one for Recorder and the other for the Legislature) on the ticket...
...Golden, who is famous for the cleanliness of his productions, should have taken to this dark play by Dana Burnet and George Abbott (coauthor of Broadway). But it is fortunate, too, for the drama is effectively given...
...Like Judith Earle she has come early to an artist's isolation, her past has already made the "one great circle." Then to the question "What next?" her book is the answer-dusty like an insect's wings with a curious bright bloom of sudden wisdom and golden wonder. The Author. Author Lehmann is the daughter of English R. C. Lehmann, famed oarsman, noted writer, member of the staff of Punch; she is a cousin of Owen Davis, famed U. S. playwright. Bred in Bourne End, England, she studied at Cambridge, published one poem in a magazine, then...
...became a minister. A little man with a juicy, passionate face, he charmed the women of every congregation before which he preached. Men, as a rule, did not like him. After a period of years he found himself at Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, the pastor of a flock of golden sheep, from whose charge he derived a yearly income of $20,000, even now a generous stipend for any preacher. No doubt Henry Ward Beecher deserved such recompense for his services; he was called the most eloquent preacher since St. Paul; women fainted when he shouted and roared. Not content with...
...contrast to the advent of the Freshman, the upperclassman arrives in Cambridge officially unnoticed. He has put aside the buoymant brightness of the youths who, making their college debut, are full of hope for the four golden years. He betrays no interest in the novelty of his surroundings. He has long outgrown the state of credulity that indicates inward illusions and is peculiarly attractive to book-agents and purveyors of pressing contracts. The upperclassmen returning passes through the Square unremarked. He belongs in it, for another year at least, like the Pill...