Word: mortared
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...describe Professor Copeland to newcomers; all that can be said is that he is a Harvard institution. To be appreciated he must be seen, and above all heard, at one of his inimitable readings, of which the etiquette, moreover, is as rigid and unyielding as the concrete and mortar of the Union itself...
...power in Republican politics throughout the East. His welcome at the White House much resembles that accorded John T. Adams, Chairman of the National Committee. I ¶Taking the trowel with which George Washington had laid the cornerstone of the National Capitol, Mr. Coolidge spread the first mortar laying the cornerstone of a great monument to the first President. The memorial is being executed by the Free Masons of America, not far from Mount Vernon. Chief Justice Taft then wielded the trowel, followed by high Masonic dignitaries. The cornerstone was pronounced " true, trusty and well laid." (Mr. Coolidge...
...builds the rest of the play. His construction is laborious and often times forces him to the 'cut and fill' method of work that he may make his material last till he joins the roof and the body of the building. He finally succeeds by lavish employment of mortar in the form of numerous clever lines and a number of proverb-like utterances that expand the whole into a very presentable structure...
Adelyn Bushnell, the unfortunate wife whose husband, love, and peace of mind were stolen from her gives an unusually creditable performance. It is her heart-felt sincerity in the last act that fills the rather large gap left when Shipman's mortar gives out. Forced at times by the author to speak like an oracle before the judgement of the wicked, she does it without the appearance of incongruity that might be expected. Walter Gilbert, her husband is alternately the victim of the pity and derision of the others and on the whole manages to bear it well...
...were a motley crew, some attired in civilian clothes, some in their old Reichswehr (Defence of the Realm) uniforms. But all were determined compatriots in the cause of the Vaterland. The men were equipped with revolvers and brass knuckles. The artillery was present only in imagination. The minnenwerfer (mortar) platoons were fully equipped except for the minnenwerfers. The men were supplied with slings for the latest one-man machine guns, but the weapons themselves were not visible. An air of reality was given to the sham fight by the dashing cavalry and by the motor cycle messengers. The Fascista organization...