Word: wierd
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...come a vaudeville institution. A few years after the Peace Con ference, the whole family retired, the Little Foys because they were emerging from their first childhood, Eddie because he was entering his second. By that time he had grown into a theatrical legend of fatherhood, of wierd vocal inflections, of furious stage gestures, of boisterous acting. He removed to New Rochelle, N. Y., remarried, settled down...
...lies the merit of the story. All the details are so worked out that when we come to the climax, all the actions seem perfectly natural. Under such circumstances, such a man could not help acting thus. All the circumstances are impossible. That is to be expected in a wierd fantastic tale; but if the critic objects to that, why does'nt he say so, instead of adopting his present indefensible position. In spite of the adverse criticism in the CRIMSON that the story is "incongruous and lacks force," it must have struck many readers that here, with...
Spreads a wierd fantastic light...