Word: jabber
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...began to waggle it, touching the keys. As he squeezed, there were sweets sounds; as he stretched it, it became apparent to some of his listeners that he was playing "turkey in the straw." There was a hush in the parlor until "Alf" got through. Then there was jabber of questions: "How did you learn?" . . . . Well I never! . . . Your touch is beautiful, Alf. . . . .Is it hard to play for a beginner, or was it just instinctive with you? . . . Alf, you never told us that you were musically inclined! . . . " To these questions, "Alf" answered not a word. he brushed a long...
...humor is like this. There is no satire, no attempt at subtlety, beyond the infinite subtlety of the extraordinary dialect in which his characters cavort. They-Mr. & Mrs. Feitlebaum, Looy, Isidore, Nize Baby, Mrs. Noftolis-are continuously excited. At home, at the theatre, at the "sisshore," they jabber at one another in a wild jargon, which appears at first glance totally incomprehensible; at second and ensuing glances, astonishingly familiar and funny. Author Gross, frizz-headed young feature man on the New York World, has been called, not without basis, a "great stylist." He is best understood when read aloud...
...neck and the mob crying for compassion. Princess Turandot, icy white, on a Palace balcony, signals to the executioners to proceed. An unknown prince, thrilled by her beauty, is determined to win her or die by the selfsame enigmas. The second act: Ping, Pang and Pong, comic ministers, jabber of the seven thousand centuries of China's glorious past, of Turandot's 13 suitors, headless now, who had dared desire her. A square out side the Palace with steps upon steps mounting the depth of the stage, the bearded emperor high on his throne, mandarins in their gaudiest...