Word: sawdusted
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Cuspidors. "The Company for years has supplied paper cuspidors and sawdust free to those who chew tobacco or want them, but about a year ago, in line with the Ford spirit of profits, the men were charged 1¢ per cuspidor...
...months ago, when his royal parasiteness the Prince of Wales visited the plant, Ford issued strict orders against spitting that day and so cuspidors and sawdust were not sold, and all receptacles for holding turning and chips were covered with white canvas...
...return again to the Ford spirit, no more sawdust was given out and only what cuspidors that were in stock were sold and again more orders against spitting...
These things should be done in a tent with a sawdust trail down the centre aisle. A Bit o' Love was treated to the directive delicacy of Robert Milton. It had to be; under sawdust severity, it might have dropped apart. For this reason, its vigor seemed a simulation. Even excellent acting could not save...
...vivid color sometimes divert attention from the fact that the characters themselves are pulled about in jerks. Miriam Hopkins, erstwhile of musical comedy, and Fredric March as the lover have several plangent scenes together, and C. Henry Gordon pitches about energetically as the husband. But the trail of the sawdust is over the play...