Word: herman
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Xmas, Inc., dat's me," said Herman. "Dey say you can't get sump'n fer nuthin' around here but dat's de bunk. Looka wot I got fer a lot o' lousy little saucers...
...Jees," said Herman, scornfully. "Dat's de kind o' rig I used to wear. Youse guys ha' got about as much dope on yerselves as Santy Claus. Looka here...
...other elevator man left during Herman's description of a "swell show," "a dame an' I don't mean maybe," and some "honest-tuh-God gin" from a man out in Ravenswood...
...people were shocked who heard of, or were victimized by, the tactics of Elevatorman Herman, what did they think of 101 examples of the same casuistry on a scale too large to be obvious? What did they think of newspapers like the Cleveland Times, which routed out an aged invalid lady, trundled her around the city in a motor car eagerly lent and frequently mentioned in the subsequent sob-story, named shops and hotels which elaborately displayed their wares and hospitality to her and the Times reporter, and trundled her home amid a short-hand account of her boundless gratitude...
They thought, of course, that all these others were simply exploiting a convention over the bounds of which humble Herman had wickedly stepped. When Playwright George Bernard Shaw spoke out in London and denounced Christmas, the commercial phenomenon, as "an unbearable nuisance," they put the shoe on the other foot and called Mr. Shaw "George Bernard Scrooge,? publicity-hunter." When the Portland (Ore.) Ministerial Association passed a resolution against Christmas giving, there were editorial boos and jeers...