Word: veined
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Green Bough" Mr. Thurston has struck upon a rich vein, not a new one, in fact it is age-old, but one which is usually adapted to the life and delicacy and beauty which are so large a part...
William Beebe himself would relish Petunia and wish that "all the potatoes on Christendom be magically transformed" as suggested by his namesake, Mr. Boobie. Nor could he nor his admirers take offense at this delicate demonstration of the pathetic fallacy. "Sketches in Pleasant Russia" is more in the undergraduate vein of burlesque, but the dialogue and dialect are good. "Prison Cruelty" is well named, such things should be avoided even in the Atlantic. And the dullness of the portraits of American Women is emphasized rather than enlivened, although its style is admittedly well executed...
Recommendation for the play can hardly be said to lie in its dramatic attraction, for the characters and action are so highly overdrawn according to present-day standards that one cannot for a moment take it seriously. Rather its justification is found in the inevitably humorous vein which the spectator must assume at the start, and which will give the piece interest as an example of almost ancient heroics and highly-colored incidents and speeches...
...word must be given to questioning the philosophy expressed by Mr. Barrett. Since he seems to take himself seriously, it is advisable to treat his words in that same vein. He says...
...Vanderlip and his kind are doubtless sincere in believing that this country should accept the opportunity to enrich itself if it can. But any further talk in this vein is entirely out of place. When "Ambassador" Martens sails for Russia this country will have done completely with the present Soviet type of government...