Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Bertrand H. ("Bert") Snell of Potsdam, N. Y., is a banker and cheesemaker. Short, florid, solid, he combines the rigidity of a businessman with the facility of a politician. There is small room for humor in his job of ramming resolutions through the Rules Committee and he seldom smiles. Amherst graduated him one year ahead of Calvin Coolidge and Dwight W. Morrow...
...Prohibition is a live topic of the day and is fair subject for ridicule, as are all such matters. Some may feel that, as an inspiration of wit it is somewhat worn, but, after all, an Ivy Orator has a hard time, so we will not question his seeking humor in prohibition...
...have seventy-five cents to spend for something that you in your cynical and studious humor might laugh at, we present "WOMEN SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY" and "PAY YOUR FURNITURE MAN", two sermons with two morals. Just the present for your flancee...
Through the eyes of Lola carpenter we can follow the various affairs trials and tribulations of a small group of stage people which spiced generously with humor is very entertaining...
...Sedgwick (with an "e"), and dismissed. Some few, however, cherish an entire shelf of first editions by her with an "i," thus reflecting the wide popularity Mrs. Sidgwick holds in England. Closely related to the Bensons (A. C. and E. F.), she belongs to a literary tradition of quiet humor, leisurely manner (461 close-packed pages to the present volume, the average modern novel boasting some leaded 300). Her particular knack is to vivify a biggish assortment of characters in their intricate interchange of much talk and suppressed British emotion...