Word: deviled
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...wish to be misinterpreted as believing that the United States is free-for-all and devil-take-the-hindmost. . . . It is no system of laissez faire...
...Theatre Guild and propelled by delicious off-stage airs, Goethe's masterpiece was revealed to Manhattan theatregoers as a tedious, mouthy drama several acts too long. There were moments when it was possible to believe in Mephistopheles, as played by Dudley Digges, an urbane and prowling devil; but his villainies were those of a barroom miscreant, his sacrilegious witticisms those of a sophomore, and it was impossible to get excited about the events which led up to the doctor's tragedy...
...Gaul) was seen early in the evening, moaning his discontent. Though often he voiced the assurance that he was thinking profound thoughts, his bombastic manner of doing so made you think he was lying. His intellectual hauteur had grown somewhat to resemble Gene Tunney's when finally the devil appeared with promises of pleasure. In the first moment of action on the stage and one in which for an instant the enchantments of the underworld seemed real, Faust wrapped his cloak around him and flew with his companion through the dark air in search of gaudy cities and delight...
...second act, due to the exquisite awkwardness and charm of Helen Chandler, seemed convincing and almost sufficiently beautiful to be exciting. Faust, having regained his youth, met Margaret and loved her despite the fact that he had made a bargain for his soul. First he sent his devil carrying presents to her, then he seduced her and finally killed her brother who attempted, idiotically enough, to defend his sister's honor. Faust dared to return later to Margaret, but, infected with diabolical and tragic cowardice, he did not dare to stay...
Later, Outcault went to the Herald where he created, in 1902, a little devil in pretty clothes-famed Buster Brown. If children cried for Castoria in those days, they kicked papain the shins for Buster Brown and his sweetheart, Mary Jane, and his dog, Tige...