Nearly 100 years ago, an impending solar eclipse prompted whimsical suggestions for how to spend the few minutes of darkness from a prominent American humorist.
The 20th century American humorist Robert Benchley is remembered for saying that there are “two classes of people in the world; those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes, and those who do not.” Less well known is the telegram he sent when he arrived in Venice on holiday: “STREETS FLOODED.
Benchley was a regular member of the Algonquin Round Table, the daily lunch gathering at a Manhattan hotel of such talents as writer Dorothy Parker and Harold Ross, editor of the New Yorker. Nearly 100 years ago, as people prepared for the solar eclipse of January 24, 1925, Benchley wrote a piece titled, “Plans for Eclipse Day: What To Do When It Gets Dark.
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