Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fact is I know lots of older people who grumble about it, too. That's why I decided to write this letter. Of course I know this letter won't do any good, but now that I have had my say I will keep quiet...
...role of the doubly devoted husband. He sings his songs without raising his voice; he scarcely gets up to do his dances. His insouciance and absent-mindedness seem very real, and make of him a most likeable comic hero. Evelyn Laye, his English wife, retains her dignity and quiet charm even through the clowning required of her, and does some expert singing to boot. Adele Dixon, conspicious for the daring of her gowns, manages to capture a respectable French accent, French raciness, and French contempt for British beefsteak...
...windows, and good fellowship everywhere. Even the young man whose Yuletide always has meant only presents and dances and eggnog is likely, under his spell, to see the advantages of Copey's way. Up on the platform, Copey must realize that fact, must sense it in the quiet appreciation which fills the room. That feeling, imparted to dozens of classes of young men at this time of year, must be gratifying. It is Charles Townsend Copeland's reward...
Last week "Death Notice" Burns slipped back into that quiet, inconspicuous pattern after an occasion of delightfully uncomfortable prominence. Prominent Publisher Stern had given a great banquet with no one else than his modest adman as guest of honor. The other guests were 260 local morticians. The menu on which they dined included filet mignon, four varieties of wine, champagne, liqueurs. Fussed and entirely too nervous to eat, Adman Burns bobbed around at the testimonial dinner while Boss Stern told undertakers: "You have made Philadelphia a better place to live in, and a better place to pass...
...Publisher Joseph Hamblen Sears (president, 1904-18, of D. Appleton & Co.. later head of his own firm) desiring a chef, saw an advertisement, called at the address given, met a short, stocky, quiet, efficient-looking servant, whom he hired on the spot. For 14 years in Mr. Sears' Oyster Bay, L. I. home, Alfred Grouard was a faultless chef who in spare time read religious works, prayed, but never left the estate, never received a letter, visitor, telegram, telephone call. Year ago Alfred Grouard's health failed, but when Mr. Sears called a doctor, Grouard refused...