Word: hats
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There are infrequent occasions when, for instance, a man keeps on his hat or when a visitor acts in an otherwise unconventional manner, that some expression from the diners is not wholly out of place. But this monotonous series of noises without reason is senseless, tiresome, and disgraceful. If these outbursts come from a wish that the gallery be closed, let some other action be taken. Last year it became necessary for the Dining Council to shut the gallery on two occasions, but both times it later revoked its action because of the strong opposing sentiment...
...closing Mr. Smith defined a polite man as one who would answer a strange lady civilly when she questioned him on the street; a good-mannered man, as one who would take off his hat to her; but a courteous one as one who would go out of his way to see her across the street...