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...third concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra took place in Sanders Theatre on Thursday night...
...enough in Virginia City, last spring, to set me going," continued Travers, "and the family were so delighted that they came out to California to spend the summer. They have been travelling around, seeing the sights, and are now here in town staying at the best hotel in the place," and he pointed across the street to a large tent, backed by a brush shanty. "It was a risky thing to do, especially bringing along Elsie, my sister, who is just thirteen, and prettier than she used to be. But I am one of the 'prominent citizens' here, - you know...
...impression that it is not entirely free from censorship. Good taste would seem to us to suggest the omission of brevities that refer to peculiarly sacred subjects, unless the paper aims to be a religious weekly, in which case other of the matter it contains is particularly out of place. We would also suggest that less space be devoted to advertising their "Italian Signor," whose chief duty seems to be to "pronounce this and that picture a masterpiece...
...Lampoon. As we turn over the pages we find much to remind us of Lampy, only it is Lampy grown a little older. And if, perhaps, we miss a little of the bloom, it is easy to console ourselves by the thought that there is more strength in place of it. The Spectator, too, is well represented by some of the men whose work in the book of "College Cuts" is so singularly meritorious. Their connection with the paper will serve to counteract the local tendencies that might otherwise have been feared, and will be a sufficient guarantee...
...admirals held that educated soldiers and sailors were sure to run away. All this has passed away, as has the idea that the universities are "nests" of this or the other baleful opinion and its corollary that they are so much more full of "temptation" than any other place in which grown lads are congregated together. Those who think culture important have, we think, come to the conclusion that to those to whom it can be given - who are only a proportion of our youth, gilded or otherwise - the universities give it most easily and in fullest measure. They...