Word: heyes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...minutes early, so a group of urchins with a harmonica attracted me. Espying a red-headed lad among them, I said: 'How about a Charleston, sonny?' The harmonica began to swell; the lads began to dance and wiggle. I tilted my derby, clapped my hands, shouted 'Hey! Hey!' while my foot beat time upon the sidewalks of Atlantic City. My wife and friends arrived, watched, were amused. When the lads were exhausted I threw them dimes and quarters, before leaving to have dinner at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel...
...Tantalizing art, hey, Mr. Gainsborough - portraiture ? No pleasing your sitters, hey? All wanting to be Venuses and Adonises. Since you have taken, hey, to portraiture, I suppose everyone wants your landscapes, hey...
...Tutor Door--Massachusetts Avenue at Holyoke--An old English atmosphere that takes you back--way back. If you can afford it, excellent. If you can't, go anyway. It's always amusing. The very best Harlem has to offer. Black Bottom, hey, hey stuff starts at two o'clock. Come later...
...illustrations by J. O. Whedon are also contributions. The first, a caricature of winged Mercury perched on a fire-plug with beckoning finger, is entitled "Hey! Taxi!" and the other, drawn in collaboration with Cannon, represents a "Design for a Hall Closet by Cecil B. de Mille". The palatial proportions of the chamber featured are a perfect burlesque upon the grandeur so dear to the heart of the cinema producer. It is to be hoped that the President-elect of the Lampoon will continue the contribution generiously to the pages of the publication for which he will be responsible...
...only be unfortunate that some people, notably President Harding, have greatly over-stated the significance of the Court. That has been true also of the League of Nations, and I find myself frequently trying to overcome the discouragement of people to whom the League was wildly oversold in the hey-days...