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...Cabot's first appearance as an actor. In the 1921 Pudding Show "Wetward Ho," he played the part of William Boff. F. E. Parker Jr. '18, commenting on his ability as an actor, said: "Flo Ziegfeld would dearly love to draw such a recruit to put new zest into his annual Follies...
...editorial page of the CRIMSON has always been to me particularly interesting, and, whenever I see that there is a "Communication," I turn to page two with more than usual zest...
Christopher Morley has as good a time living his life as any man I've ever met. He seems always to be happy, always in the mood for the quiet enjoyment of food, a pipe, conversation. His zest for life is amazing. Some years back it caused him to produce book after book, although they were varyingly successful and, to the discriminating, often only mildly amusing. He was the most prolific of essayists, but his stories smelt strongly of the study and of a too intimate acquaintance with the classics. However, Christopher Morley, both in his poetry and his prose...
...great game of politics is played everywhere, but nowhere with greater zest than, in the State of Illinois. Governor Small (who had previously been State Treasurer) was indicted for embezzlement of state funds, in 1921. He fought trial for nine months, but when it finally took place, (1922) he was acquitted. Subsequently three of the jurors and the sheriff who had charge of the jury at the trial were given places on the state payroll. In 1923 a saloon keeper confessed having given a cash bribe to one of the three jurors. They were indicted. Two other...
...Standard Oil Company. A startling reduction will be the immediate results; the battle of price-slashing that follows will be the greatest in America's industrial history. And the fact that the battle will be waged between two of her most powerful magnates will add the more zest to the struggle...