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...show the utter lack of facts by which such charges ought to be sustained. In the first place complaint is made because the sittings were given hurriedly. It will be remembered that by the contract all sittings were to be finished by the first of March. Notices to this effect frequently appeared in this paper long before the above date. Personal appeals were made for early sitting; appointments were made by members of the committee and by the photographer; and appointments for sittings were given both at the Cambridge studio and at the Boston studio. Besides these efforts to accommodate...
...change is a negative one, namely, the removal of the old Holmes homestead. The removal must have cost many a real pang to the lovers of all that is historical and to the admirers of the eminent poet, Oliver Wendell Holmes; but, notwithstanding, it had to be made. Architectural effect, modern improvement, in a word, progress, know no sentiment, and never ask what a thing has been but what it is. To the builders and designers of the Law School (Austin Hall) the Holmes house was an obstruction, an eye-sore; and, therefore, the Holmes house...
Prot. Sumner will deliver a lecture before the New York Free Trade Club, Friday evening, on "The Effect of Protective Taxes on National Prosperity...
...colonists and their geographical situation which caused this prosperity. A tariff, however, tends to destroy the self-reliance of the manufacturer, and teaches him to depend on the support of the government, where he should depend on his own abilities. This is the most dangerous and demoralizing effect of a system of high tariff. A tariff forces capital into those occupations where it would not naturally go, and where the natural advantage is relatively small, and thus the condition of many naturally weak industries is very precarious on account of the possible changes in the rate of duty. The condition...
...without a flaw, accident, or delay. The popular airs chosen for the songs proved to be taking, and were well rendered by the chorus, especially the "Ding Dong" song, given behind the scenes, at the beginning of the second act. The solos of Baldwin and of Carroll were effectively sung, and enjoyed by all. The strong part of the play, however, lay in the acting of Cushing, Hearst, and Swinscoe. These three gentlemen have an uncommon power of producing comic effect. Their superiority to the other performers was partly due to a careful avoidance, on their part, of all meaningless...