Word: collierisms
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...last time Mr. Richards found himself relegated to a minor part and went ahead quietly to play it for all it was worth. As usual the sartorially perfect Nedell displayed all the ham-actorisms with which his work is invariably distinguished. Mr. Collier revelled in a heavy bit, to which he added many an extra ounce of weight. Mr. Collier will play Hamlet some day, if they...
...were parades forgotten. One there was for the local police led by red-haired John F. Hylan, the city's mayor. Another, for safety, was put on by Barron G. Collier...
Indeed, an event of this kind in Manhattan has come to be incomplete without Mr. Collier, the boy from the South who has collected a fortune from his control of streetcar advertising. With befitting splendor, he played host to all 500 chiefs at Luna Park, dined them, sent them forth to seek amusements under the gaudy arc lights-free of charge...
...Chief leave the congress without learning of the latest, distinctively U.S. contribution to the war on crime. It is an experiment for which Mr. Collier will personally expend $50,000. It is a series of advertisements which are to dominate the traction lines and billboards of New York and perhaps be extended to other cities...
This caption was not only a new idea in crime prevention; it was also a highly original use of the word "you." When advertisers use the second person, they have reference to any and all. Of course, Mr. Collier was addressing himself only to criminals, past-master and incipient...