Word: staleness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...them? Evidently, however, their editors find that the propaganda is welcomed by a certain class of readers; if they continue their researches indefinitely, they should finally succeed in creating a mass of myths and legends concerning the College Boy--the discussion of the Younger Generations having at last become stale. Meanwhile the unwitting object of all this attention goes unconcerned upon...
...Heard some four hours of Senator Heflin's prolific bile on his stale subject of Roman Catholic conspiracy to control U. S. politics. Said Mr. Heflin: "A Catholic bullet brought Roosevelt down. If I am murdered, many "Catholic priests will pay the penalty. But I have suggested a course to carry on ... I am anxious to see how much notice the press will give...
...regrettable fact, however, that in the South as elsewhere there will always be dusty coves into which the new message--grown a little stale in the East by now--will never penetrate. There are houses where a copy of the Mercury has never been seen; where mint juleps are still to be obtained, but where, on the other hand, the residents have felt not call to assassinate their paster. There may be found the works of Joseph Addison, a social critic who wrote as a gentleman for other gentlemen, and who will be read is such dark corners long after...
Lace Petticoat. Years ago, Carle Carlton produced Tangerine, Irene, then turned his back on Broadway. Now he returns with Lace Petticoat. Good songs by Emil Gersten-berger and Producer Carlton, ingenious dances, Adelaide & Hughes abominable lines, stale humor! make it an uneven entertainment. Suggested by Deep River, it concerns a beautiful Louisiana nobody, whose romance is almost blasted by the rumor that she is a quadroon. In the last act, somebody says it is mere gossip. Song: "South Wind Is Calling." Tom Burke is the hero-tenor; Vivian Hart, newcomer, the joy of his stage life. Notable is a chorus...
...folk to whom such marvels are stale pudding, there are more specialized technical expositions out of Professor Huxley's own researches, notably a tadpole study in developmental physiology. All is eminently clear reading, and there is the grandson's explanation of his famed grandfather's attitude toward religion, graceful, convincing and rather fine...