Word: mottos
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Americans first of all and party men second. The motto for each and all of us should be not 'My party, right or wrong,' but 'My party when she is right and some other party when she is wrong...
...economy! Scores of secret service men will be unnecessary. What need of protection for that nice looking Edward Albert from England? "My looks are my defense", can be his motto. If Mr. Davis is elected President, no need then for a secret service guard. His personal experience will clothe him safer than any linked mail. Even the open season on Follies' Queens may end. Who can tell? Tact, if nothing else, forbids a guess...
...tainted honey rots the oak that chambers it. He lost his wealth, she deserted him, then both followed their blood until he was a river front soak, and she, one gusty night, crept back back to die in the old house on Innes street under the coverlet whose motto was: "The dog for faithfulness, the pheasant for luxury, the swan for lust...
...second page, terminating in less than a short column by bumping into a cartoon. The article summed up the situation by giving the, betting on odds on the candidates and added: "The radio will tell the rest." The editorial page was the chief distinction of the Mirror, whose motto is: "Make It Short and Snappy." Describing itself, the Mirror, with unwonted candour, said: "Daily Mirror's program will be 90% entertainment, 10% information - and the information without boring you." The furnisher of this entertainment is Barclay H. Warburton, Jr., of Philadelphia. His grandfather was the founder of the Philadelphia...
...Abandon hope all ye who enter here" will soon be-with the approach of the end of the Congressional session-if it is not already, a fitting motto to inscribe on the Senate calendar. For the less favored legislation the sign was raised long ago. The proposed Child Labor Amendment to the Constitution is in this class. It went to the Senate three weeks ago. Senator Lodge (Republican) proposed considering it; Senator Wadsworth (Republican) objected. It was "postponed." Last week Senator David Ignatius Walsh (Democrat) proposed considering it; Senator King (Democrat) objected. For the benefit of constituents this comedy...