Word: twinning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...their conception of the personal appearance of these able outfitters. They envision Rogers as a spindling little man, whose pathetic shanks, shrunken torso and desiccated arms, contrast oddly with the twinkling zest of his round impish face, the shrewd pucker of his mobile mouth; they picture Peet as his twin, in all respects identical. For such are the eloquent small figures that have long capered in the advertising columns of theatre programs and daily newspapers, accompanied by a jest, a clothing suggestion and the name of the firm. Last week they began to caper in the press of Boston, informing...
...Sister from Paris. Once more the device of inducing a husband to make love to his own wife under the impression that she is a less familiar female is in circulation. As usual it is pretty funny. This particular wife happens to have a twin sister dancing in Paris and a stupid husband. The fact that Constance Talmadge plays both of the sisters is primarily important. The Man Who Found Himself...
...Next morning dawned in wind and rain, 30° cooler than the day before. Crowds, undeterred, gathered before the Kellogg house. Shortly before noon, the President came out, motored across to Minneapolis for luncheon, so that the twin cities might not fall out in jealousy. For luncheon at the Nicollet Hotel, food was served, not speeches. Then the party drove to the State Fair Grounds?neutral territory between the rivalrous twins. No President had been in the vicinity since President Wilson called in 1919. In 1921, Vice President Coolidge spoke at that very spot and met a chilly reception. In spite...
...stodgy" and the commonplace. The Opposition in college today is not composed of the rigid economic dogmatists of yesterday with fixed ideas on the distribution of wealth, labor unions and the revolution, but rather is it made up of the care-free, mentally and morally loose-jointed "flapper" whose twin passions are disrespect and personal nonesty and whose favorite word is "moron." It is all very gay and most earnestly flippant. Evans Clark. In The New York Times Magazine...
Flying Pianos One's impression of pianos, got by watching furniture movers, is that they are immensely heavy. As a matter of fact, the heaviest grand piano does not weigh more than 1,000 pounds. The Sikorsky twin Liberty biplane, at any rate, had no difficulty in carrying two baby grands securely lashed to the floor of the cabin from Roosevelt Field, L. I., to Boiling Field, Washington, D. C., covering the 225 miles in a strong head wind in 2 hours, 45 minutes...