Word: yess
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Pullman passengers may be divided into two parts, the "nervous," the "not nervous."* For the "not nervous" Mr. Warner gives silent thanks and hastens to anticipate the imaginary wants of the "nervous." The shade down a little? Yes, Sir. Magazine from the newsboy? Yess, Madam. Drink of water? Ginger ale? Another pillow? Right away?and the more testy the request, the more cheery the service. That is professional ethics. Invariably, the "nervous" are poor tippers. But Mr. Warner and his peers are nearly certain to make up their average of $1 per capita in tips from the "not nervous...
...Walter J. Travis a beard?" Golf enthusiasts to whom this question was put suddenly last week stuttered. If they had just laid down a copy of Golf Illustrated they cried: "Y-y-yess! And his picture looks like G. B. Shaw." When Mr. Travis was younger he was U. S. National Amateur champion three times (1900, 1901, 1903), wore no beard. In 1904 he won the British Amateur...
...popularity. The Magic Ring. There is an antique ring and whoever wears it links arms with luck. The heroine starts out as a poor organ grinder. And does she get the ring? And does she marry the lovely fella in the last act? One, two, three, all together now : " Yess...
...dancing? Frank Tinney?Josephy Santley? John Steel?Florence Moore. And this time, praises be, a revue with at least three uproariously funny interjections: R. C. Benchley's inimitable reading of the treasurer's report; a skit entitled If Men Played Cards as Women Do; an operatic rendering of Yess, We Have No Bananas! In many ways easily the best of all the revues...
...About a year ago my little orchestra was playing at a Long Island hotel. To and from the hotel I was wont to stop at a little fruit stand owned by a Greek, who began every sentence with ' Yess.' The jingle of his idiom haunted me and my friend Cohn. Finally I wrote this verse and Cohn fitted it with a tune...