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Word: dewdrop (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...camp-meeting ground is not a clutter of triple-porched cottages named Bidawee, Restawhile, or Dewdrop Inn, as you state in your article...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 15, 1934 | 1/15/1934 | See Source »

...camp-meeting ground is now a clutter of triple-porched cottages named Bideawee, Restawhile, Dewdrop Inn. There are several faintly classic concert & lecture halls, a huge wooden amphitheater, a miniature reproduction of the Holy Land. Chautauquans may study anything from basket-weaving to playwriting. Most cottagers, who return year after year, are elderly. Men have a Horseshoe Club, women a Bird & Tree Club headed by Founder Miller's daughter, Mrs. Thomas Alva Edison. Each day begins with community prayer. Chief social events are ice-cream-&-cake festivals. A ban on smoking has been lifted lately. Younger Chautauquans may boat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Depressed Culture | 1/1/1934 | See Source »

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