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...step and ease of manner. The importance of these the capable and efficient instructors quickly impress upon one with a club and a choice vocabulary of oaths. No rhetoric is taught the pupils; indeed they are taught that "silence is golden" in every case, excepting when a delicate musical effect is to be produced. Then loud whispering and giggling is firmly insisted on, to heighten the impression. Applications for admission are received at the stage door of the theatre. The fee for instruction is merely nominal. The only requirement is to pass the Cerberus who guards the sacred threshold. "Come...
...intended to be protective. Its distinguishing feature was the substitution of specific for ad valorem duties. The chief changes in the taxation were upon wool and pig iron. For the first time in the history of tariff taxation "compensating duties" were introduced. The general effect of this bill was to raise duties above those fixed by the bill...
United States Treasurer Gilfilan has resigned his office, the resignation to take effect April...
...distinguished from a result? 2. Which of the natural sciences is the most valuable as an element in a general education? Did man exist on earth before the last glacial period? 4. Would the French Republic act wisely in expelling the members of former reigning families? 5. What effect has a protective tariff upon wages? 6. What place among the great composers will be assigned to Richard Wagner...
...amiss. Once in a while we come in to breakfast and find his face wreathed in smiles, the cause of which we soon learn, when he confidentially whispers in our ear that he is twenty-six years old today; he then draws off a few feet and watches the effect of his scheme. In short, if there is any limit to the waiter's avarice or his ingenuity in extorting fees, no one has yet been able to find it. The more you give him the more he expects. If once you favor him, he regards it as a wrong...