Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Clive, even in his managerial decline, can't quite help being funny, but it's perfectly obvious that last night his regular performers failed to show up and he hurried over to the Plaza across the street and got the coat check girl and a dining room captain to help out in the parts of the rascally smugglers. He might be able to do a Pygmalion with the coat check girl if he could teach her cockney, and there is a scene in Mr. Pinero's "Magistrate" where the waiter would fit in nicely but it's all very quaint...
Volunteers are wanted, to act as Santa Claus, and to help distribute presents for Phillips Brooks House, Planists, song leaders, vocalists and entertainers are also needed and may volunteer for this work by leaving their names with the Secretary...
...President sitting all alone in his office and evidently very depressed. He said, 'Merry Christmas,' reached into a right-hand drawer of his desk, pulled out a plug of Piper Heidsieck and took a chew. He got up and looked out on the White House garden and said: 'Help yourself to a cigaret...
...cook-waitress and at the same time a cool, tranquil and charming hostess? . . . when I get up from the table to change plates or bring in a dish from the kitchen every man at the table jumps to his feet and follows me about in a natural impulse to help me. Nothing I know how to say will prevent them. Personally I am baffled. But I'm wondering if you can't help me?" Questions of this latter type?deal-ing with the problems of modern "nice people" who are often servant-less?give Mrs. Post scope for something...
...glad and wholesome contagion of cheerfulness. If frowns and distempers are contagious, we thank Thee that smiles are not less so. The smile goes forth from face to face. By the strange law of increase, gladness begets gladness. Remembering then that no frown ever made a heart glad, help us go forth to meet the day with high hope and smiling face; and even though it has not been easy to smile, let us rejoice if so we have been able to add to the sum of human happiness and make burdens lighter...