Word: suiting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...comings-out of Lampy and no arbitrary date can be set in advance for the first appearance of "boaters". Man's conventions are unaccountable; a straw hat in a sea of felts, though the day be 90 in the shade, seems a de trop us that full dress suit at the informal dinner which tortures the gentleman in the etiquette advertisements. Here in Cambridge disregard for conventional toggery is reputed more conventional that convention itself. And some brave straws have already appeared; in fact, "the President has pointed the way with his Panama". It is a reasonable prophecy that only...
...There is a considerable controversy between people who think that the public must be educated to appreciate good drama, and those who think that the drama must be changed to suit the public taste. The latter is the better conception of the matter. The public is setting high standards, and the drama must live up to them. When I speak of 'drama' I refer not only to the legitimate stage, but also to the motion pictures, which, although they are at present on a lower standard than the stage, will overcome this handicap, and reach the artistic worth which they...
...attitude of the past administration towards Mexico was an answer to this question in the affirmative, and the present one is likely to follow suit. But people impatient of the delay in recognition must realize the cause. Can Mexico adjust herself to modern conditions? Russia, throwing off her autocratic tradition, is at present in a chaotic state; but Russia's salvation lies in the fundamentally sound unit, the zemstvi, and she can build from the ground up. Mexico has not even this for a foundration. At any rate, recognition by the United States will give the Obregon government much needed...
...first alternative would be about as satisfactory as trying to keep a growing boy in the same suit of clothes by somehow stunting his growth. The influence of the Law School is nation-wide now largely because of its national character. The number of colleges represented in the student body is 180 as opposed to 155 three years ago and 83 twenty years ago. To limit the enrollment would result in the exclusion of some students who would prove able lawyers and valuable to the school as alumni. Any restriction on numbers could not help narrowing the school's influence...
...knows nothing about art and buys for the name alone. Under modern methods of publicity, "finds" can be staged which will outdo Mark Twain's story of the success of Francois Millet. Even the sacro-sanct,--the critics,--are far from infallible. The world has not yet forgotten the suit over Gainsborough's "Sisters", which dragged on for weeks with critics of the first rank arguing on both sides before determining whether the picture was genuine, and worth thousands, or false and worth nothing. The much mooted question as to the ethics of fabulous prices in art, the value...