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...RICHARDSON has informed the Directors of Memorial Hall that if the students buy their papers of the small boys who from time to time hang around the door of the Hall, it will not pay him regularly to keep papers in the Auditor's room. Students will readily see the force of this reasoning, and those who are desirous of being sure that papers shall be supplied them will give all their custom to the boy in the Auditor's room...
...became so absorbed in the contemplation of this depravity that I did not notice a new arrival in the gallery. At last the upturned faces of the men below made me aware that there was something of interest there besides myself. I looked around, and lo! a party of ladies were taking seats. Was this a feature of the entertainment? "Not so bad," thought I; "they must look pretty from below. A very pleasant entree for one's dinner; very, to be sure. I will leave the club...
...regarded as semi-barbarous to go there, and we confess that we are rather afraid to own it, after having visited Lister's palace, and prefer simply to say that we have been exercising. It is allowable to take a pull on the river, or a stroll around the foot-ball ground, but during the winter "the thing" is to take no exercise at all. So the Gymnasium is left to men who do not know what a sin they are committing, and who appear to enjoy playing tenpins all the afternoon, or lifting a five-pound dumb-bell...
...this was all I learned of my aunt's views, for just at this point she discovered that I had driven by the cross-road where we should have turned. There was nothing to be done but to turn around. The road was narrow, and I had to back. The gray old patriarch, in attempting the reverse motion, could not manage his huge feet, tripped, sat on his haunches a moment dejectedly, then helplessly rolled over on his side, drew a long breath, closed his eyes, and lay motionless...
...Around us spread...