Word: sweete
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sweet Song. In Los Angeles, Selene and Alfred Huenergardt, who both filed suits for divorce, were told by the court that because of the housing shortage they could share the same house if they didn't molest each other. Selene got the first floor and front door; Alfred the ground floor and back door. In South Bend, Ind., Angeline and John Nemeth, trying to divorce each other, were told by the judge that a divorce is granted only to an injured party; it was no go in their case, since both were at fault. In Oakland, Calif., Rosie Dawn...
...Bantam Barnum." Billy Rose's skyrocket career as a showman began with a miserable fizzle called Corned Beef & Roses. Desperately, he rewrote it, renamed it Sweet & Low. Though it had Fanny Brice in some of the original Baby Snooks routines (which Billy wrote), it thudded again. Billy rewrote the show a second time, renamed it Crazy Quilt, and took it on the road. Billed as "A Saturnalia of Wanton Rhythm Featuring Exotic Divertissements," Crazy Quilt played to packed houses at almost every stop. In nine months, Rose recouped his $75,000 outlay and made $240,000 clear profit...
...violins were warm and sweet...
Frank is saved from misanthropy and commercial success by a sweet and wealthy girl named Jessica. On the last page he is sitting down to write an honest novel-entitled There Was a Time...
Like the charmed rats of Hamelin, Americans scamper to follow the compelling advertisement, convinced that it would be disloyal and remiss not to "remember mother," assured that one remembers best with each, once a year. The business index will rise perceptibly, the sweet smell of roses and caramels will steep the land, but on Monday mother will be back at the washtub or Garden Club, bored, neglected, and tired...