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...shop where I first saw her. She was standing before a counter, and as I entered she glanced beseechingly toward me with her "violet velvet eyes, over which the silken fringes hung with such tender madonna grace." After a few such glances, that settled it. I could not help breaking my vow only to marry a girl with a million dollars and one lung. Soon she left the shop, and as I hurried past the counter where she had been standing I saw a card on the show-case. I seized it and followed, but when I reached the street...
...shows it an abuse that must be corrected before it gains more ground. We say this in no spirit of hostility to the officers who were elected, for we think that most of them would probably have been quite as successful had the election been open; but we cannot help thinking that these same men would be better satisfied if they felt that they were appointed by the meeting at large, rather than by a committee which was previously instructed to nominate them. If it be necessary for the Captain of the Nine and Crew to have an Executive Committee...
...make the theatre seem open to the sky, and no masks will be worn. It is well established that the object of the mask was to make the features of the actors seem distinct to those who sat in the furthest part of the immense theatres, and also to help the adjustment of the mouth-piece, which was necessary to give sufficient distinctness to the voice. The size of modern theatres does not call for either of these artificial appliances; hence their abandonment...
...went on my chum, "there are lots of tart girls here, and you can't help having a good time. Just wait till I finish up this cigarette, and I'll give you an introduction to the whole of them" (he is not always particular about his rhetoric). I begged to be let off from such an ordeal, but expressed a desire to have him stop smoking and introduce me to his cousin before the next waltz. "All in due time, Hal, all in due time; but it's no use now. That chap talking with her is trying...
...substitutes; but, when his selection had been-made, the Freshmen refused to leave their class-boat for the slight chance of rowing in the University race. This at first seems natural enough, but when we consider that the 'Varsity race is the great event of the year, we cannot help feeling that the action of the Freshmen is hardly excusable. Good substitutes are at hand for the '83 crew, while the 'Varsity has to look elsewhere to find men to take the place of any of the regular Crew who may unluckily be unable to row. For '83 to place...