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...House of Representatives of the United States of America, Representative John Philip Hill, Republican (Wet), of Maryland, and Representative William David Upshaw, Democrat (Dry), of Georgia, staged the following skit...
...poignant skit with dashing...
Where the word "hokum" came from is clear enough. "Hocus pocus" is a veteran in good standing, meaning " to trick, sham or cheat." Obviously it crept into the theatrical vocabulary through the realization that presenting a new play, skit or act full of old stuff is in a sense cheating the audience...
...only occasional lapses in taste?Grace Moore's voice ?Florence O'Denishawn's dancing? Frank Tinney?Josephy Santley? John Steel?Florence Moore. And this time, praises be, a revue with at least three uproariously funny interjections: R. C. Benchley's inimitable reading of the treasurer's report; a skit entitled If Men Played Cards as Women Do; an operatic rendering of Yess, We Have No Bananas! In many ways easily the best of all the revues...
Charles E. Hughes: " I attended a skit of the State Department Dramatic Club in which I was represented on the stage. Asked an interviewer : ' Mr. Secretary, can you tell us the height of the Washington Monument ? ' My double replied: ' Really I can't comment on that; but I may say confidentially that it is said to be 555 feet high...