Word: laughters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sobbing with all the lachrymose exertions that lie within her dramatic command, when the aged squire is struck dead from behind with an axe, or when, at the w. k. psychological moment, a wailing babe is introduced as evidence, then the audience takes its cue to shake with laughter. Sometimes its amusement is short-lived, barely rippling over the house in a trickle of chuckles; sometimes it is frankly ever-powering, vented by hearty guffaws or gurgles; but always it is indicated in one form or another...
...acts of George Watts and Belle Hawley and that of Jim McWilliams are essentially the same in that, although the actors do not show a great deal of skill, they keep the audience in a continual roar of laughter with their jokes and humorous songs...
...characterizations, however, are admirable, and it is through them that he comments humorously upon many subjects of the day. Politics, bridge, marriage, prohibition, all come in for their share of merriment. Such lines as "Prohibition, like marriage, is all right for the other fellow!" will never fall to cause laughter...
...than to spend money on battleships while children are dying. It is the realization of this spirit of fellowship of man through the saving of these children which will prevent the collapse of civilization. We can eliminate the background of horror which the war has given us by the laughter of these children...
...modern Marco Polo has to seek far for adventure, even among the Eskimos, he has one great advantage over the Venetian of six centuries ago. When he returns with his records and instruments, the world cannot indulge in laughter as it used to do. The explorer of today receives his just reward. The Union offers a rare treat in the opportunity to hear Mr. Stefansson, who is recognized in his true worth as the world's greatest scientist-explorer...