Word: moving
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...There is no mere attitudinizing for effect. Hands, arms and legs, the curve of the bodies seem to flow naturally from position to position, working out on the stage fine effects of composition, corresponding to the mood of the play at the moment. From grouping to grouping the actors move, and yet one never feels that here one definite grouping is over and here the next one beings. There is an unrivalled flow, and contiuuity, beauty and rhythm in the stage direction. Particularly memorable were the kneeling figures of the delegates from Moscow at the end of the second...
...back door or the cellar door. I have no unseemly comment to offer on the League. It is serving the Old World helpfully; more power to it. ... Excessive friends of the League have beclouded the situation by their unwarranted assumption that it (adherence to the World Court) is a move toward League membership. Let them disabuse their minds. . . . The situation is likewise beclouded by those who shudder when the League is mentioned and who assume entanglement is unavoidable. Any entanglement would first require assent of the Senate, which is scarcely to be apprehended, and if by any chance the Senate...
...some quarters the decision is called a victory for Secretary of State Hughes, who was supposed to be opposed to increasing the angle of the guns because it might lead to diplomatic difficulties. From a political standpoint, at least, the move is very adroit, because it relieves the Administration of any grounds for an accusation that it had obtained an appropriation under false pretenses-an accusation which there is already evidence that certain Congressmen would make. Now Congress must decide the question at its next session...
...leisure. During those minutes the singer, musician or stage official smokes a cigarette, and is a picture of negligent loafing. He tells stories among his fellows, plays pranks and howls with laughter. Seemingly, he is constitutionally incapable of effort. But you may see him glance at the clock, and move quickly away. The clock is the slave-driver. Everything moves by exact timing. On the minute the singer hurries backstage for a rehearsal, the assistant conductor to play the organ or direct the trumpets behind the scenes, the stage official to give the signal for the curtain or the descent...
...wonderful gift to be eloquent. On this occasion I was so carried away that I completely forgot where I was and when I finished I discovered I was entirely alone in the room. I had no idea I should move them so profoundly...