Word: suit
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...frank, the suitability of elephant-gray to the purpose in hand might be questioned. Some men do bear strong similitude to an elephant weighing anchor when they essay a rush from skirmish line. Others advance more like the familiar kangaroo. Perhaps, all in all, rhinoceros-gray would suit best the complexion of a recruit...
...Property," and Miss Auerbach as an Italian girl in "The Little Cards." Of the men in the cast, Mr. Bushnell and Mr. J. H. Hotson were perhaps the best. Mr. Hardinge Scholle, in a small part, did his best to be sinister and disagreeable, but the role does not suit his character. The settings, though in no way remarkable, were extremely true to life, and mention should be made of the efficient shifting of scenes, saving one from the long waits usual on such occasions. It seems hardly necessary to add that great credit is due those responsible...
...Tailor Made Man," a new comedy by Harry James Smith, cleverly Americanized from Gabriel Dregley's "The Well-Fitting Dress Suit," received an unusually responsive reception at the Hollis Street Theatre last night. Witty from start to finish it is as brilliant exposition of the rise of the man of destiny as its predecessor on the Boston boards a few months ago, "Bunker Bean," was a failure...
Take a belief in your destiny, borrow a dress suit, astonish a social gathering to which you had no invitation with your brilliancy, and your fortune is made. This is the philosophy of John Paul Bart, tailor's presser, self-made man, who in four short acts raises himself from nothing to the pinnacle of power...
...February 7: "We are not primarily preparing for war tomorrow; we are not preparing for war against Germany. We are preparing for war when war shall come, from whatsoever source, from those nations which seem our dearest friends, or from those which we ignore." This simple, sensible program would suit even the most pronounced pacifist. No good American wants our nation unprepared...