Word: succession
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last week appeared, in some 600 newspapers throughout the U. S., a caricatured robot brutally plucking a harp over which hung a weeping muse (presumably Euterpe) and beside which sat a howling hound. The caption was: "The robot as an entertainer-Is the substitution for real music a success?" The advertising "story" appended was the American Federation of Musicians' complaint against substituting mechanically synchronized music for orchestras in theatres...
...said: "I think journalism is the worst of all professions. It is precarious, remuneration is very low, one's position is, as a rule, reduced by old age, and of all the brilliant things a journalist may write none will be remembered permanently. Although I have had some success in journalism. I agree with the verdict my friend, John Morley,* rendered when he spoke of me as having had a squandered life." Twinkling, he added: "Any man is a damned fool who can work in bed and doesn...
...American, once noted as a pedestrian, commercially-minded "success-story" magazine, under Editor Crowell had been growing somewhat more sprightly, less reflective of the Alger-like business careers of button kings. Prominent among contributors in the American's November issue are Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Biographer Emil Ludwig, Funnyman George McManus, Authors Ellis Parker Butler, Alice Duer Miller, Will Irwin. In circulation, too, has the American grown. When Editor Crowell first grasped the pencil-scepter, the American claimed a paltry 1,900,000 readers. When his weary fingers relinquished their grip, 350,000 had been added...
...nomination for the Presidency. But I had my strongest inclination to speak in Tammany Hall at just that very time. I had been identified with Tammany Hall for a quarter of a century. I always had its full and loyal support. I felt that in my hour of great success my place was among my friends...
Thurston was a great success in China. He likes the Chinese. Once he gave a performance at the White House, borrowed Calvin Coolidge's watch, seemingly smashed it to bits. Mr. Coolidge was imperturable, said nothing. Thurston returned the watch unharmed, congratulated the President on "setting the standard of discretion for the world...