Word: idea
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...copies being destroyed. By this conduct ? seemingly inspired by a genuine desire to restrict the tale of his personal adventures to the circle of his personal friends ? Colonel Lawrence created the impression that his book must contain devasting secrets. It did not; but the public got that idea, became ravenously curious, and has raised the Colonel's literary fame beyond all reason...
Meanwhile Colonel Lawrence had conceived the idea of a deluxe edition of his book, illustrated by the best contemporary artists. This was printed, and the few copies offered to the public were snapped up at 30 guineas ($150) apiece; but the book cost 90 guineas per copy to produce and so Mr. Lawrence went bankrupt. The present edition is to recoup this bankruptcy. The original work, called The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, is now on sale in a minute U. S. edition at $20,003 a copy;? and the present volume is a very drastic abridgment...
Even this wild effort at modernity, however, cannot save the staleness of a good idea gone wrong. Victor Trench might have been a memorable figure, but he is little better than a strong silent man who is rather dumb. How his hatred of women melts before the gentle magic of Effie's home-making, how his better instincts are aroused in the struggle to protect her, how, when she is dead, he feels her spirit urging him to stick it out--all this makes a thoroughly bad novel, and nothing else...
...This project of seeing over the telephone is not a new idea," continued Professor Chaffee, "it has been thought of ever since the invention of the telephone, but it was only last Thursday night that it was accomplished. Among many others J. F. Jenkins of Washington, The General Electric Company, and the Bell Telephone Company, have been foremost in the experimenting with television. I think that great credit should go to the Bell Telephone Company for its success in both the Trans-Atlantic Telephone, and in television...
...made him stop mid-way between laughter and melancholy. Of course it is connected with the recent tempest which has been stirring up the dust of Broadway. It is not for him to judge the question although it is conceivable that one may be more outraged at the idea of censorship than at the ideas of the plays. But here is the thing itself. WHITE CARGO--The Original Sex Play. Are more words necessary...