Word: neighborhood
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Unless it be the backstage of the Woodlawn Neighborhood Playhouse an hour before the opening curtain of The TorchBearers, there is no scene of such dithering excitement as the office of a brand new magazine about to be published by amateurs. The A. S. Gilman Printing Co. of Cleveland gyrated last week when a group of smart young people of the town brought forth the first issue of Parade, a "social, semi-humorous and pictorial" weekly...
...Seaside, Ore., Jack Bilieu's dog Mike played with children who had the mumps. Last week, to the neighborhood's amazement, glands in Mike's neck and other parts swelled. Dogs can catch the mumps from human beings, can give it to humans. So can cats, goats...
...likely to see such a scene as this: on the tennis-court are the Hon. Diana and the Hon. Molly, daughters of your host Lord Wilchester, playing a stiff set of tennis with the vicar of the parish and his young curate. If there is a cathedral in the neighborhood you will probably see its dean among the guests, and drinking tea with old Lady Wilchester (who is exceedingly deaf) will be a prebendary. Lord Wilchester, who owns the vicar's living (i.e., holds appointive power over the position) watches the game. Tonight he will drink twelve whiskey & sodas...
Shapley has for a long time gone over the available territory in the neighborhood. It is probable that at the site where the 60-inch reflector will be lo-equipment will be installed. At the present time ten different telescopes are in use at the Cambridge station of the Observatory. For some of these a considerable gain in effectiveness may be obtained through moving to a higher altitude, and to a greater distance from the dust and light of the city...
There is a certain something about the way Ruth Chatterton cavorts upon the screen that invariably brings sobs to the throat of one's partner in misery at the neighborhood playhouse. This rule will be found particularly true at the University Theatre this week, with the tragedy queen playing the leading role in "Unfaithful", which is another of those stories...