Word: sittings
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...must I sit and weep my hapless...
...sit together...
SOME time ago, I was talking with a young lady of Boston who is much devoted to art. She was complaining of the great difficulty in getting models, that is, intelligent faces to copy. Suddenly she asked me, jokingly, "Why won't you come in and sit for us, Mr. Milburn ? We will pay you twenty-five cents an hour, and your car-fare, and you will have the pleasure of being looked at, admiringly, by a dozen girls." This struck me as quite the idea; so I agreed to go in and sit for their class three afternoons...
...Agassiz Museum with a telephone, and lay down plank walks in the Yard. I have agreed to do this, and so the entrance to the tube will be at the Gymnasium, and the exit at the billiard-room of Parker's. The modus operandi is as follows: You sit inside of the tube on a seat like those of the rowing-machines, a wad is placed at your back, and at a given signal a Yale man kicks the wad, and you are pitched forward at a rate that will bring you to Parker's in five seconds...
...Sophomore class supper will be given at Young's Hotel, Wednesday, March 10, at 7.30 P. M. The price per plate will be $3.00, - subscriptions to be paid at Bartlett's before 6 P. M., Tuesday. All are requested to be punctual, and those who wish to sit together can bracket their names...