Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...quote one passage, however, which, although splendidly positive and indicative of vigorous individual taste, might well be moderated. "Thackery as a personality and a social philosopher I cannot abide: his point of view being expressive of the mixture of ignorance, snobbery, humbug, and conceit, which has made the British Empire in more than one sense the wonder of the world...
...most perplexing problems of war times is the maintenance of the institutions of peace essential in the healthy life of a nation. Social service particularly is apt to suffer in the rush of military preparations, with the unfortunate result that slum life rapidly grows more and more miserable in the great cities...
...opening months of the war all settlement houses were converted into relief work stations for the army, but at the end of six months they were advised that they could serve their nation far better by returning to their former work and helping in the solution of the wretched social conditions at home...
Only one more day remains to make the collection a success. So far the response has not been encouraging. If we in America are to meet our social problem, to help the working people tide over the hard years ahead, we must be ready to help them. With many of their wage-earners at the front, they will find it difficult to buy clothes for next winter. One of the aims of the spring collection is to meet this need...
...went to "Major Pendennis" at the Hollis Theatre with feelings of the warmest expectation. Thackery as a personality and a social philosopher I cannot abide, his point of view being expressive of the mixture of ignorance, snobbery, humbug, and conceit which has made the British Empire in more than one sense the wonder of the world. But as an atmospheric artist Thackery is quite otherwise, and it was this quality of atmosphere one expected to encounter in Mr. Langdon Mitchell's adaptation of "Pendennis." Superficially it is attained, owing to the well known talent in production of Mr. Iden Payne...