Word: mad
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There Menelaus woke, distracted still. Helen was pure, but just a shadow Helen. The real one he had killed, just as he killed Paris, just as he would kill anyone who dared rest his eyes on her. Death, Helen decided, was better than a half-mad Menelaus who thought her just a shadow creature, and perhaps death would not come so long as she could smile. Packed away there was another potion that might restore him. Aithra warned her but she took no notice, clapped for wine and balsam and herself brewed the cup of quietude that proved...
Animal Crackers. Zeppo Marx has good stage manners though he is otherwise without importance; Chico Marx plays the piano well and can, to some extent, imitate an Italian; Groucho Marx is garrulous and mad; but Harpo Marx has a wild and silent face, his desires are mysterious and he can play the harp. The four Marx brothers cavort together in Animal Crackers...
Another window contains the original drawings of Tenniel to illustrate "Alice in Wonderland. Among familiar faces may be seen "Father William", the "Mad Hatter," and the "Rabbit" as they first made their bows to the world...
...Taylor went to the big outdoor meeting. But there was no chance for him to make his fine speech there. Glowering more and more darkly, Mr. Taylor did not go to that evening's banquet for the Nominee in Johnson City. Instead, he went to Washington. He was mad. They would see. That Carroll Reece! That Claudius Huston! That *** never mind! Just wait. J. Will Taylor controls more Republican votes than practically any man in Tennessee. Hmph...
...prolific subject for cartooning was the confused interparty "bolting" that began so soon as both Nominees were known. Nelson Harding drew a comic picture called "Any Man's Land," with voters running across, crawling across, tripping, tumbling, spinning in circles, bumping stomachs, going mad...