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...City, that New Yorkers want and need cabs at all hours. The Times, without warning, waxed humorous, and said: "Mr. McAdoo may be pardoned the slight hyperbole. It has been scientifically demonstrated that the average load of a taxicab in these parts is .83 of a passenger. Private automobiles offend to a somewhat less degree, averaging 1.7 passengers and just a trace of dog -generally...
...show has only to offend a New York policeman in order to causes the doors of its theatre to be padlocked, and the author, producer, owner, and cast to be subject to various fines and sentences," Mr. Hamilton continued. "Yet, some form of censorship is necessary. The cities are everrun with the nouveaux-riches, who have developed into theatre-going crowds since the war, just like white worms swarm out of the ground when you lift up a big, flat stone, These people can buy $5.50 theatre tickets indefinitely to satisfy their morbid curiosity for common filth...
...scholar belonging to the college shall wear any Gold or Silver Lace, cord or Edging upon their Hats, Jackets or any other Parts of their Cloathing, nor any Gold or Silver Brocades in the College or Town of Cambridge. Whoever shall offend against this law shall be fin'd not exceeding twenty Shillings...
...speaks of it as the Outer drive. That is a good name because it is a natural one and a descriptive one. The best place names in cities are the natural ones. . . . We cite the Lake Shore drive, Broadway, the Boston Common. These names are right. They do not offend by disproportion. They come naturally to the tongue. They have character. They belong to the thing. Why strain for a better name when the Outer drive is so certain the right...
...chicken salad', I am certain that no actress of the company will ever offend etiquette by ordering it a second time. Almost without exception, every entertainment we were invited to during the summer, supplied chicken salad among the refreshments. One becomes somewhat of a connoisseur of this dish after consuming it for several months. A little too much seasoning in it after a certain time sufficed to make the whole company irascible...