Word: tactfully
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...travels, which is a very clever parody. A large proportion of the shorter jokes are also above the average, such as the strangely familiar "Men at the Dunyer Cafe." Especial credit is due to the reportorial work of the Lampoon's New Haven correspondent. Under the circumstances, much tact must have been needed to secure interviews so pointed...
...divided among M. Georges Feydeau, M. Gandillot, M. Alexandre Bisson, and M. Courteline. Of these, Courteline seems to have the most talent. He is a writer of considerable power, with a copious and spontaneous wit. The military officer is one of his stock characters, but he has not the tact, according to M. Deschamps, to treat him with the dignity due him as the protector of his country. "Les Gaietes de l'Escadron" is an excellent parody -- albeit full of philosophy--on the less attractive sides of military life. "Le Train de 8:47," "Boubonroche," and other similar works, belong...