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...appears. After the great success that has attended the opening of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on Sunday afternoons, it seems strange that any serious objection should be made here to an attempt to provide innocent amusement and instruction on Sundays, for those who are busy during the rest of the week. The Corporation has made a generous offer, and has shown its willingness to give the public the benefit of its collections. It is thus not unreasonable to hope that, as soon as the finances of the Library will allow it, the reading-room, at least...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/4/1880 | See Source »

...doings at the reception. Dick had so arranged that we could all hear at the same time; which was a great convenience, since ordinarily, owing to the want of magnitude of the ear-piece, but one person at a time can have his ear at it, while the rest, his companions, must wait in tantalizing suspense, watching his expressions of interest and amusement without appreciating their cause. But by Dick's care we all had a chance to hear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PER TELEPHONEM. | 6/4/1880 | See Source »

Does she wake in the grave, or - rest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ONE'S OWN. | 5/21/1880 | See Source »

...have an opportunity to receive a proportional share of the instruction from the beginning of the year. There is always more or less delay in arranging one's electives, and the first who apply to the instructors in elocution take up all the time at their disposal, leaving the rest to go without, unless they can, and are willing to, pay for private instruction. In many cases, too, those who apply first fail to fill their appointments as soon as the novelty wears off. They would do this, of course, in sections; but the gain comes from the fact that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INSTRUCTION IN ELOCUTION. | 5/21/1880 | See Source »

GAIETY THEATRE. - 8 P.M.; Matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2. The rest of this week, Milton Nobles in "A Man of the People," a sensational piece which affords considerable scope for acting. Next week, the charming operettas, "Ages Ago" and "Charity begins at Home," which have been such an attraction at the Bijou Opera House in New York, are promised...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STAGE. | 5/21/1880 | See Source »