Word: roote
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Ordinarily, when a distinguished jurist-statesman refuses an invitation to a public banquet, it is only necessary for him to use the words "sorry" and "impracticable," finish off with a sonorous and obviously academical paragraph of good wishes, and sign his name. Last week, however, Elihu Root, having said the ordinary thing to one Merwin Hart of Utica who had asked him to a dinner in honor of Senator James W. Wadsworth Jr., went on and on in a way that would have given any social secretary the willies. Midway in the long second paragraph Mr. Root's meaning...
...Root thought for a moment? Was it quite fair to turn the casual phrase of the most ingenuous and beloved of dead Democrats into a slogan for a Republican candidate? . . . "and replied, 'Senator Wadsworth of New York'. ... I think that is a general opinion among those who know best...
Well, perhaps Mr. Root had thought for a moment. The rest of the letter was an emphatic endorsement of Senator Wadsworth in Mr. Root's own quite adequate phrases. It was as if, in that letter, he and the dead Vice President had waived party differences, touched their glasses in a toast to an able legislator. The social secretary turned the letter over to the press...
...rather lynch than lunch," it takes all the sensible characters in the play to straighten out the situation. Suspense attains impressive proportions as bloodhounds draw near Karrie's bedroom where a knight errant is being irreproachably entertained. Unlike most other current comedies, this one strives to root its action in human nature rather than a bagful of funny lines. The role of Karith Barry is so deftly interpreted by Dorothy Burgess that an audience not too sternly realistic will follow the play with sympathy, even overlooking the too gushy spots...
...Regarding the expenditure of millions it is unnecessary to say that this is wrong, for the veriest child can see that this action not only subverts the principles of the primaries, but strikes at the very root of republican institutions...