Word: shared
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Work! I thought I was just about to share in it, when the officers of the Widener Library gave me talismans more precious to me than those of the Arabian Nights, the key to the stacks, and the key to my study. Alas. May I say that never thoroughly discovered what the undisturbed peace of the scholar in his study meant, and that I was quite unable to explore completely the treasures fled in Widener? I was surrounded by so many friends--old ones, whom I was happy, to meet again, new ones, whom I was happy, to make...
...number one doubles match Captain Duane and Ingraham came out with the loser's share because they played a careless game from start to finish, with the possible exception of a few points here and there. It was not a case of their being defeated because of a marked weakness in any particular branch of the play but rather because of their early indifference which gave their opponents repeated opportunities to score...
According to a Patent Office report, women, during the past ten years, have invented 1,400 different "new and useful articles" ranging from a rotary plow share to an eggbeater. Among the articles are included a cow tail holder, a reinforced wooden bowl for beating eggs in and an artificial eyelash. The variety shows that women's activities in America are spreading out and cover every field of occupation and endeavor. "Children, church and kitchen" are no longer what they used to be. Eventually, perhaps, some clever woman will invent a satisfactory substitute for all three...
Joseph De Grasse has done more than his share for the welfare of the play by his uncommonly even direction. Mr. De Grasse, also, is courageous. He has permitted a tragic ending. Charles Ray's rival for the lady's favor receives her promise true. His name is Willie Brown...
...frosty note of censure from Lord Curzon. This cruel message from England is hardly loss curt than the refusal of France and Belgium. It even states that the British will "at a suitable moment, be ready to take part by the side of its allies, with whom they share a practical interest in this question, which they have no intention to abandon." Surely this is the most unkindest cut of all, and the mental peace of Germany has changed to panic...