Word: humors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...page of good-natured humor, humorous satire, and one sentence summaries of world events in TIME, and I will quit the Digest. There are others who will do likewise. It would be in the interest of economy...
Whether or not the drug counters of Harvard Square pharmacies have been besieged by flocks of Ibises and Presidents bawling for relief, we do not know, but that some purge of humors has been employed, is, at first glance, obvious. In the old days, on make-up nights on Mount Auburn Street, cork helmits were a necessity much as they were in any British tropical outpost, that is, to keep those present from going completely under when their back teeth were floating. Under the new regime, however, it appears that at least the invaluable Bob Lampoon keeps semi-sober...
This pleasantly humorous, pleasantly satirical novel tells of a man of considerable intellectual brilliance and a fine sense of humor who had become tired of writing advertisements in New York City. He packed a grip and tore off to England to settle down in a manor house in the so-called Shakespere country. He procured a Man Friday of almost superhuman ability to help him run his Elizabethan home. His young daughter, fresh from American college arrives on the scene, and various complications, including a Shakespere discovery of international importance follow to carry the tale through to the inevitable return...
...recently concluded season has seen a recuperation, and "Not Now,--Later" deserves to be ranked with the best of the Pudding opera. It was tuneful, well staged, and had its moments of humor. With these elements to support it, success was within its grasp. The unanimous opinion of those who saw it was, that far more than in recent years, had that success been achieved...
...even though he will not perhaps be regaled with the same humor in hearing about his life and position in literature, nevertheless the Vagabond intends to attend Professor Murdock's lecture on Mark Twain at 10 o'clock this morning in Harvard...