Word: stern
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...entire atmosphere of the set", she concluded, "Is intended to suggest the hard, stern life of the Catskill Dutch, and their isolation from the rest of the world. In its hardship their life resembled that of the Pilgrims, but continued over a much longer period of time. The costumes which were designed by Miss Pauline Hatfield, also reflect this isolation. The women continue to wear as gala dress the clothes which were in style at their marriages, and it has been said that an acute observer can in this way estimate the date of marriage of each...
During the past week two videttes were seen in Washington examining with practised eye the enemy's entrenchments. Much handshaking was done in the Senate Chamber and much earnest conversation was held with silent, stern-faced men. Then the two scouts withdrew into conference to outline a plan of campaign for the next assault on the Capitol...
Young men of America you who escaped so easily the stern and cruel demands which the long war years and the cruel days that have followed have brought upon the students of Europe, is there no challenge for you today to sacrifice and share somewhat the terrific burdens of these young men and young women of whom I have been writing? We claim to be the most idealistic nation in the world. We still hold that Americans are more interested in humanitarian efforts than people of other lands. The efforts of our American educational institutions and hospitals in many lands...
...almost Shavian character of Alceste offers,--playing it throughout in a cold, grave key, approaching monotony; but his rich voice, expressive gestures, and finished diction go far to make up any deficiency. M. Ravet created, with delicate strokes of characterization, a very true Oronte. M. Gerval and M. Stern maintained the Moliere tradition of overplaying the society gallants. The well-known letter scene of the last act, in which they play such a prominent part, was, however, most disappointing in its careless, hurried, unthinking development. Mlle. Berendt, Mme. Marsans, and M. Sellier all gave very real and thoughtful characterizations...
...what court lady? No lady at all but to the staid Montesquieu, that man whose works Professor Munro always recommends but which no undergraduate has ever read. Perhaps that wary looking volume, which the card describes as "Etat des troupes et des etats-major des places"--once wholted the stern glance of Richelieu. It was Madame de Pompadour's and she, upon receiving it from His Majesty, probably placed it among her perfumed volumes never to be opened. There is another book which I know must have been opened and not only opened but read "The Anatomy of Melancholy...