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...Kale's Aphrodite of the Sea Gulls, a large canvas and well hung, was possibly the most striking picture in the show, not for its originality,: so much as for a brilliant and airy prettiness. The surprising tangle of branches streaked with light in Ross E. Draught's Dead Chestnut gave the tree as much character as a face. William M. Paxton had sent in three portraits, for one of which he got the Beck Gold Medal...
Last in importance but first and omnipresent in display came the companions in arms of Marshal Haig: the Lancers, the Queen's Own Hussars, the Royal Horse Guards upon their matched chestnut horses, the King's Own Scottish Borderers (better known as "The Ladies from Hell"), finally the Foot Guards in towering fur busbies, the Welsh, Coldstream and Grenadier Guards...
...player who played on a class B team in the 1926-1927 season may play in the contest, is he has restricted his playing for the 1927-1928 season to class C teams. All entries should be forwarded to W. M. Shedden, in care of the Union Boat Club, Chestnut Street, Boston. If the names are not sent in by noon February 25, they will not be considered for the tourney...
Resuming our ride, we saw the Harvard Coliseum, the sports ground, more schools, relics of the Revolution, the God's Acre immortalized by Longfellow, and circled round to Longfellow's own house, where his daughter still resides. Near the house is the site of the 'Spreading Chestnut Tree.' The cottage of the 'Village Blacksmith' remains. About here there are many exquisite Colonial houses. Those that belonged to the Tories (i.e., the British loyalists who fled before the Revolutionists) are still identified by their white chimneys with a black band...
...companionate marriage ... to any thing except permanent monogamy. . . . When a marriage has failed, divorce is the only solution." On top of this she rapidly repeated to her somewhat startled informants an apt parable to illustrate her point that religious bodies should not concern themselves with trifles. Then, tapping her chestnut stick at every step, she moved away...