Word: vulgars
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Rosa Raisa, whose majestic height has never been more beautiful than this winter, sang Toinette. It was a vulgar part, but Raisa was severely criticized for making it unnecessarily revolting. She seemed to lose the sympathy of her audience?for her, a new sensation...
...orginal subscriber, and have induced many to buy and read what appeared to me to be the best publication of its kind in existence. But if TIME is going to list for approval all the vulgar, coarse and salacious shows in New York City for the guidance of its respectable clientele, then it isn't fit for myself and my friends to read...
...Censor"; on its first page appeared a joke that was characteristic of the issue?a joke printed in French, and making a play of the words "habits" (clothes) and "explorer" (to go through). "Translation on page 31," said the editors. "Ha! this matter must be salacious," cried the vulgar reader: ". . . habits de mon mari. J'ai I'habitude de les explorer tous les soirs." Though ignorant of French he would not deign to turn to page 31; no, and what's more he would put the magazine where his wife could not get at it. Had he bothered to read...
...Covent Garden, England, a cockney porter piled 20 round baskets on top of each other, lifted them, quaking and jiggling, while a vulgar mob disguised its awe under facetiousness, placed them upon his head and, with crossed legs, balanced so, while a camera snapped. ... a record...
...novel twist of one of the oldest existing publicity ideas-the lottery scheme-recently occurred, simultaneously, to the editors of certain vulgar U. S. newspapers. To issue lottery tickets redeemable for cash is, of course, forbidden by law. But, since all paper bills are numbered, why not, thought the editors, make currency itself the lottery tickets? Every day certain newspapers began to publish the serial numbers of $1 and $2 bills. Persons who found lucky-number bills in their possession could redeem them for substantial prizes. Cashiers began to spend hours reading the numbers of all the bills that passed...