Word: sexe
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...York, like Boston, has taken thought for its soul, Evidently believing with Carlyle that the social hierarchy is based on clothes, the Assembly last week declared that "to expose the person or the private parts thereof" in the presence of two or more persons of the opposite sex who are similarly unclothed shall be a misdemeanor." The proponents of the bill carefully explain that it does not prohibit nudity in the theater, since audiences are decently attired. Perhaps the law was suggested by Actors' Equity as protection from non-professional competition...
...Dominant Sex (by Michael Egan; Busbar & Tuerk, producers). In his lonely vigils as a seagoing radio operator, Playwright Egan has had ample opportunity to meditate the multiplicity of woman's wiles. Result is that he has practically cataloged in his first play the whole bag of tricks by which a woman gets her way. In fact, he has displayed them so conclusively that his audience is likely to feel that in awarding the final victory to his hero instead of to his heroine, Playwright Egan has turned in an extremely raw decision...
...born, then to Rome to report to the Pope on his see. When he left the South Seas he took a cinema of natives. Australian censors wanted to cut out scenes showing the bare breasts of women. Bishop Wade cussed the censors, roared: "There's no more sex appeal to a white person in a native than in the side of a wall...
When Ethel Leginska decided ten years ago that she would be a conductor, musicians and laymen regarded her as an eccentric, a publicity seeker who was ambitious beyond her sex. Leginska pioneered valiantly if erratically, proved that women could wave a baton as capably as they could play the harp or violin. Last week, by coincidence, two lady conductors turned ambitious backs in Manhattan's Town Hall...
Among undergraduates Dr. Worcester is best known for his conferences on sex hygiene the first half of every year, when he has devoted all his evenings to groups of Freshmen. Such an undertaking as this required considerable courage to institute, and a remarkable balance of understanding and humor to carry on successfully. It is to be hoped that this custom will not end now that its originator is leaving...