Word: jovialness
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...makes up for the lack by sincerity and substance: Mr. Eastman's "After the Dance" is a short fanciful sketch. "Death and the devil," it may be fairly said, have "done for the rest." J. D. writes with sardonic force on suicide; Mr. Williams depicts vituperative Frenchmen "bandying jovial indecencies" till the order comes: "All sections roll tomorrow at four. ***Trenchbombs." Mr. Sparks tells of an aviator killed in an accident and of the French girl who mourned him. As in many stories that deal with passion, the author's vehemence does not carry the reader with it. The final...
...first American production of the very earliest of the English folk comedies. "Gammer Gurton's Needle," is to be presented next fall by Stuart Walker, creater of the Portmanteau Theatre. That Mr. Walker contemplates several performances of this rollicking, jovial, and wholly delightful comedy, brought back from that almost forgotten time of Christ's College, Cambridge (1575), during the coming Portmanteau tour is a matter for congratulation and there will be many who will wish to see it, partly for the memories it will revive and partly for the opportunity to see just what sort of an evening's entertainment...
...scene is laid at the court of King Henry VIII of England at the time when that jovial monarch is enjoying the company of his sixth wife, Catherine Parr. At the court is Godred, a Celtic knight, detained in the palace as a prisoner of war. Godred is a heroic figure; a typical "man who knows no fear...
Alexander McAlister, as "The Laird," was a jovial Scot with a ruddy face and flaming beard. The "Taffy" of Talbot Wynne, the "Little Billee" of William Bagot and the "Zou-Zou" of Ignacio Martinette were all adequately played...
...should be forced on no man. Especially it should not be forced on the overworked young men of scholarly aspiration. Their opportunities for sport are rare enough, and treats such as gambolling in pink tights on the islands of Boston Harbor should not be denied them by their more jovial classmates. Now it matters little for the case in hand whether the date of distinction examinations or the date of the Senior Picnic be changed. As death, taxes, and the rules of the College Office are equally inflexible, we should hazard the guess that the Picnic will give way. Unless...