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...dashed its contents over his head. Rolling up his sleeves, he prepared to serve. "Ooh," gasped the crowd. Tilden put down his rocket, called for a towel that he might dry his hands. A famed actress cried out helplessly: "That man is immortal." Then, deliberately, he served. A great cheer went up. Kinsey, unnerved by this mummery, bungled; superbly the champion swept up the set, the victory...
...members of the Loyal Order of Moose, in fervent costumes, assembled for the grand parade when-Wumps, came the rain. It fell heavily. Heedless, the Moose began to march. The rain poured down their backs. They marched on. It wetted the women along the route; those who came to cheer remained to shiver; the Moosemen marched on. It soaked their hats, it trickled down their socks; a one-legged Moose from New Orleans, playing a trombone, hobbled along; barges bobbed, floats floated-floats showing life at the colony of aged Moose at Moosehaven; floats representing the training of the child...
...elder brother, William J. (born in 1861). The citizens of Rochester generally agreed that young Charles was the least "impressive" of the three Mayos. Perhaps his appearance prejudiced, for he was not genial. No ruddy jester was he, with a nervous eyelid and a midwifian ribaldry to cheer the anxious parent in her distress. Far from it. William J. was a spot that way, but Charles was a doleful fellow, "with a face pulled out of tallow." That was a long time ago. Last year, at the Democratic Convention in Manhattan, Charles Horace Mayo was loudly mentioned (though his name...
Charles G. Dawes stepped off a train and into his birthplace, Marietta, Ohio. It was reported that 5,000 citizens be- gan to cheer. He went to reunite with his classmates of Marietta College...
Silence fell, to be punctuated now and again by an encouraging cheer. Binocularless women plagued their staring escorts for information. There were some eager "Yesses" and some hesitant "No-o-oes." Excitement grew as the thunder of hoofs approached. Manna romped home the winner and, as usual, there were more white than flushed faces; for rarely does a Derby favorite romp fast enough...