Word: somehow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Henderson, critic, who pooh-poohed the popular reverence for opera stars, calling Emilio de Gogorza, concert baritone, "the supreme artist of them all." It was embellished by a page of caricatures of famed musicians, by a blurred "Art Supplement," and by a song entitled "A Memory" and beginning: Somehow I feel that thou art near, Though naught there is around, which the composer, one Rudolph Ganz, dedicated to Marguerite Namara, opera star. Odd corners of the large glazed pages were filled with practical workroom suggestions for young singers, with reviews of concerts and operas, and glib comment on vocal activities...
With regard to unsavory publicity, Judge Mills had only this to say: That while many cases are taken before a referee for the sake of privacy, little privacy is ever thus obtained: Newspaper reporters will get the evidence somehow, and unseemly details will be printed...
...Munsey took his idea to a publisher and with unexpected suddenness, The Golden Argosy appeared in weekly issues. Five months later the publisher failed, owing Munsey $1,000 salary. Staggered, Munsey took the magazine in lieu of salary, although the magazine already owed more money than it was worth. Somehow $300 was borrowed, issues were brought out, and Munsey, working 18 hours a day, produced his classic 6,000-word serial, "Afloat in a Great City." As Munsey told the story: "I wanted something to advertise and I put my faith to the test to the extent of ten thousand...
...mythical kingdom stories, you can pretty well figure out what is going to happen. The hero is going to save the Princess from marrying the nasty old king. There is going to be a revolution and ultimate happiness. And so it is. Eleanor Boardman and Conrad Nagel, plus the somehow inevitable fascination of this romantic pattern, make a pretty entertaining picture...
This girl is played by Helen Hayes. She is probably our most consistent flapper. And yet somehow you wonder how she can go on like that night after night talking synthetic slang and just being her very nice self. Katharine Cornell should trade her one of her tragedies...