Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Legislative, have the supporters of this measure seriously considered what they are doing? The passage of such a bill would be a gratuitous insult to Great Britain. If that country did not choose to regard it as a "causes belie," it would be only from a proper sense of humor, and not from any fear of overstepping the bounds of legality. The establishment of diplomatic relations is the clearest method of recognition, and recognition under such circumstances as these would unquestionably constitute a cause of war, if the parent state chose to regard it in that light...
Premier Nitti, however, has some hope to offer. The cure that he recommends consists in smiling and in a cultivation of a sense of humor. He evidently takes little stock in the attitude of his former companion, M. Clemenceau, who is reported to have said that he was tired of the human race, and hoped in Egypt to find more congenial friends among the mummies. Certainly, if Premier Nitti advice were followed, many of our present difficulties would soon disappear. Life would be much easier if we could all recognize a joke when we saw it, even it were officially...
...with hesitation that one would criticize any part of the play, but a review would would not be just that did not take notice of the two points in which it falls below its own standard. There is a lack of humor to liven the interludes between specialties, and it is to be regretted that, with so much talent to supply it, there is no original music from opening to final chorus. But on the whole, "Satni" as one of the best amateur performances which Boston has seen in years, would furnish a delightful afternoon's entertainment to the most...
...Long Ago," now playing at the Plymouth Theatre, a comedy combining a human note with delightful humor and delicate romance, is one of the very bright spots in an otherwise rather dull season. It is a spontaneous, natural comedy which is universal in its appeal to every type of theatre-goer...
...comedy has a real plot, which is unusual in plays of this character, and the semi-historical background adds a touch of reality. There is a strong tendency in modern romantic plays to overdo the sentimental element, but Arthur Richman has overcome this by introducing a spicy antidote of humor at any point where the romantic is a little too saccharine...