Word: question
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Benjamin Disraeli, near-supplanter of "Dear Albert" in Victoria's affections. Three years after Albert's death (1861), the Great Jew delivered in the Sheldonian Theatre, a pre-"Fundamentalist" speech* on evolution, so scintillant and persuasive that parts of it will still bear quoting: "What is the question now placed before society with a glib assurance which to me is most astonishing? That question is that: Is man an ape or an angel? I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence these new-fangled theories...
...failed to foresee what is now happening? Why did we not halt under the shells and convoke a board meeting of profiteers to decide the question whether it would allow us to continue in defense of the greatest conquest in history? Must the myth of German reparations lead up to American cash collections...
Famed Ladies' Home Journalist Edward William Bok was cradled at drowsy Helder, in the Netherlands, has achieved newsboy-to-vice-president&* success during his last 47 years (spent mostly in the U. S.). Recently he returned to the Netherlands, ferreted (with intent to laud) into the question of how much "success" Queen Wilhelmina has achieved during the quarter century of her reign. Mr. Bok saw much, and what he saw was good. Last week he conveyed to the Queen whose sovereignty he escaped by "Americanization" a memento of esteem-a stained glass window for the Nieuwe Kirk at Delft...
Tipping in the U. S. has long been a question hotly debated. Does it debase a freeman to accept a tip from a peer who, born his equal, also happened to be born with more money? The Yeas have hung up signs in their restaurants, boot-parlors, or what not, saying "Please do not tip," or "Our Employes Are Strictly Forbidden to Accept Gratuities from Strangers." The Nays remind their patrons: "Don't Forget the Hat Girl." Will new signs appear, "A Waiter's Life Is No Cinch"-"Give Your Bus Boy a Few Days at the Seaside...
...York Representative Ogden L. Mills: "The Senator says those responsible for the submission of this question [The Volstead Act referendum] to the people of New York were actuated by cowardice rather than by conviction. When Senator Borah urges in Atlanta the enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment, and defends Volsteadism and its fruits in New York City, he may be in a position to discuss the political courage of others. But as long as he remains discreetly silent on the nullification of the Fifteenth Amendment and selects the heart of the dry belt as the appropriate place to preach the sacredness...