Word: luxenberg
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...Sullivan's offerings discuss everything from pants buttons to prohibition. He writes Nat Luxenberg and Bros, deeply offended because they failed to invite him to their sale. He contributes a scholarly monograph on the mashing situation in New York. He writes thrillingly of "The Unique Hold-Up of a Taximan's Pants." And never for a moment is he serious, even inadvertently. He sometimes fails also to be funny, but not for lack of trying. It is that straining for effect that is Mr. Sullivan's chief fault. We are led to feel that the author is trying very, very...