Word: guava
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hero in the environs of Montparnasse, almost loses him to a sweet and tough country girl whom his father wishes him to marry. This difficulty is soon adjusted, with the aid of a huge funny waiter, played by Billy House. Billy House moved about the stage like a grinning Guava jelly, singing "Whoopee" with suave insinuations. The girls in the chorus, though they danced well, looked, with one, or possibly two, exceptions, as if they had been chosen from the occupants of an East Side subway car before the rush hour. The Lief lyrics, though not Gilbertian, were cheerful...
...Hearst and his other visitor Mr. Bryan gave one large cocoanut, much bigger than his head; one grapefruit, almost as 'big as his head, both from his own trees. He has seven kinds of fruit on the place, including oranges and lemons, also alligator pears and guava...