Word: genial
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sharer in the glory of the "Cosmopolitan" and the "Transcript" in that it receives attention to the extent of a copious special number of the Lampoon. To the unmechanically inclined reader there must be satisfaction in finding here the realization of many of his most impractical dreams, and genial and often pointed scoffing at the more obvious foibles of one of the chief ornaments of our newsstands. Whether the devoted reader of "Popular Mechanics" who has for years compounded folding beds out of hen houses by following the directions in his favorite periodical, will be equally content, is another question...
...Frampton, gives us a very vivid and affecting picture of a human soul in agony. Her facial expressions as well as her gestures are convincing and true. She is the center of attraction at all times. E. E. Clive illustrates, in the role of Mr. Frampton, a fine, genial gentleman whose honor seems to have been smirched. Others, whose work is especially noteworthy, are Diana Storm, with her internal struggle between religious truth and loyalty to the girl she has brought up from infancy and Charles Warburton, as the awkward but loyal country mechanic. The vivacity and excellent character portrayal...
...failures of which Mr. Ellis tells will be of particular interest to undergraduates; namely, John White Webster 1811, Ewing Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy in the University. This gentleman in his time was one of the most respected men of learning in New England. But this genial doctor, this cultured scientist, this popular society man came to an untimely end because he murdered a creditor who had hounded him too mercilessly. Whether Mr. Ellis considers him a failure because he committed the murder or because he was unable to hide his guilt, we cannot say; but it was probably...