Word: blandished
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Serena Blandish. It is the conviction of stupid people that only that which is solemn may be profound and that to seem satirical is to be unsympathetic. Partly for this reason, Serena Blandish will doubtless be misappreciated and en joyed by the well-decorated people who will go to see it. Its inadequacy as a play, however, is not caused by a fallacy in attitude...
...SERENA BLANDISH-A Lady of Qual-ity- Doran ($2.50). "Though it is better to marry a young man, best to marry a rich man, next best to marry a distinguished man, it is better to marry a crossing sweeper than not to marry at all," said Countess Flor di Folio to Serena Blandish when, struck by the girl's beauty, poverty and discretion, she made her a member of her household and launched her upon her desperate enterprise. She met many men who made proposals to her but not of the kind she wanted to hear. For, although Serena...