Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...expressed. And if anyone finds himself disgusted with the cheap sophistication and cheaper knowledge of present generation, let him turn to Professor Perry's volume and plead, with it, for a return to the ways of the Humanists, with "their delicacy of touch, their sense of humor, their essential innocence, their childlike faith in Nature...
...this would bid fair to become dry moralizing were it not, as has been said, for the author's graceful sly humor and intense humanity. He is smiling all the time--a very kindly smile. And yet that same smile that prevents him from sermonizing prevents him equally well from annihilating. He is cool and he is pleasant. Too cool and too pleasant to push his arguments to their farthest limits. His smile of understanding never changes into the frown of annoyance, with the result that the reader is at times disappointed in not seeing the adversary completely disposed...
...tell the New Yorker anything is impossible. Perhaps that is why he is so ignorant. Even Greenwich Village is sophisticated to the last degree, hardened in its own imbecility. Humor ... is totally lacking. The typical New Yorker never laughs. To him it is a confession of credulance...
Despite what Yale friends may say, Harvard has a reputation for a sense of humor which is sure to stand it in good stead in the present situation. Laughter is a powerful weapon and Harvard is sure to laugh at its Klan...
...reception given Booth Tarkington's "Rose Briar" at the St. James Monday night must have been exceedingly gratifying to the actors--every act was well applauded, and the humor of the situation seemed to be keenly appreciated. The Playgoer himself, who particularly detests baby-talk from grown-up women, had rather a hard time of it occasionally; and some of the discourse on "Love--its horrible effects" was pretty gooey, but by and large, the show was a good...