Word: gracing
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There are several saving graces. Saving grace number one is an irresponsible comedian, Mr. Eddie Buzzell, who could bring freshness and spontaneity to jokes of doddering senility. Fortunately, however, he is blessed with an unusual number of strictly fresh wise cracks, which brings us to saving grace number two--Mr. Harry B. Smith has provided an excellent book, one that successfully defies the tradition that musical comedy plots shall be unimportant...
...third saving grace is Mr. Nick Lucas, the so-called crooning troubadour, who appears much too briefly with his guitar and all but stops the show. The music otherwise is tuneful, if not epochal. The song "A Girl in Your Arms is Worth Two in Your Dreams" is good musically, although its philosophy is open to serious question. Mr. Buzzell offers a pleasing rapid-fire patter song called "Rue de la Paix", the words of which we planned to remember to tell our roommates, but which, unfortunately, we have already forgotten...
...Chief's approach. Occasionally, however, when they were forced to lavatories for their smoke, they would refer unpleasantly to the Mohican Chain Stores, and among younger men the impression got about that Frank A. Munsey was the world's greatest grocery man, and a newspaper man only by grace of tin cans. Had they never heard the big story, as romantic and as true a tale as was ever told...
...Americans still seem to have the idea that art is feminine and they don't try to appreciate it. . . . Real grace is a result of strength. There is no reason for making it exclusively a feminine thing...
...people there know more about it and understand what an artist is trying to do. ... It is the women of America who have all the culture. The men make the money and enable the women to acquire the culture, but they neglect it themselves. And they need grace and politeness and serenity. Serenity is the last word in culture and it is not found in America. It is such omissions that make us look so bad abroad...