Part of the answer lies in the wave of “syphilophobia” that engulfed the country during the 1930s and 1940s.

‘The striped carnation, and the guarded rose, ‘The vulgar wall-flower, and smart gilly-flower, ‘The polyanthus mean—the dapper daisy, ‘Sweet William, and sweet marjorum—and all ‘The tribe of single and of double pinks!

He would make a good manager, if he had a little more backbone.

The judge gave them antideadlock instructions, reminding them of the reasonable doubt standard that the State must satisfy and encouraging them to try to arrive at a verdict.