merely smiles and talks about Hammerstein and the musical lasses.[1]
Eternal Pathos of the Babe
The greatest and most wonderful thing in the world is a baby. Not so much for what he is, though that's astounding enough, but for his chemical and explosive possibilities. He's a marvelous little machine, an infant dynamo, and he has juice enough in his storage battery for a seventy-two-hour run, but the moment that is gone he goes out like a blown candle, muy pronto, unless he has connected up with his surroundings.[2]
Circumstances Over Which We Have No Control
"I like this very much myself," he will explain. "It's great stuff. I wish I could use it. That part about the bobbed hair is a scream. But none of it would mean anything to the farmer in Iowa. Won't you show me something again that isn't quite so sophisticated?"[3]
Picturesqueness of Labor
- ↑ O. Henry in "Strictly Business"
- ↑ Woods Hutchinson in "The Saturday Evening Post"
- ↑ Heywood Broun in "Pieces of Hate"