Word: wits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When the curtain rose last week at the Colonial on what was to be the final performance of "Pardon Me," and the opening chorus sang "Stranded," the words came more from the heart than do most musical comedy lyrics. All the world being divided in two parts, to wit, Broadway and other places, the cast was stranded in the rural half. And there was no golden-winged "angel" hovering near. Their fears melted when Actors' Equity met their immediate needs and in addition bought them tickets for New York...
...dust of Lampy's attic for many months, will be played by Bob at the laying of the corner-root. "This ceremony will be the most impressive that has ever been conducted since John Harvard staked out his claim by the banks of the Charles," admitted the Lampoon wit who is in complete charge of the dedication. "The elm is some ten feet high and flourishes, I am told, somewhere in the wilds of South Boston. I have not seen it yet, but is is said to be a paragon among trees...
...Paris, in 1792, 45 years old, John Paul Jones died. Like many another proud man, wit or adventurer, he read Voltaire, not the Bible, on the night he died. Catherine the Great supplied an epitah: " 'This Paul Jones was a very bad character and well worthy of being praised by a rabble of detestable characters...
...take warning, men of Harvard. Joe Forecast is not predicting a defeat for the Crimson. He is merely offering a fashion hint: to wit, the well-dressed Harvard man will keep the flaps on his pockets buttoned...
...soprano. Passion's progress is recorded rather musically in "Close in Your Arms," "Voice of the High Sierras," "Enchanted Isle" and other duets. Ida Hoyt Chamberlain, concert singer, wrote it all-book, lyrics, music-and her friends produced it under an incognito of towering pretension, to wit, American Allied Arts, Inc. It has its moments...