Word: ton
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Sais tu seulement ton chemin...
...assemblies of this year have not, for some reason or other, met with the hearty support from Boston's haut ton that we had wished for them. There is some trouble affecting them that, for want of a better word, may perhaps be called indifference. The managers have done everything in their power to make the dances attractive, and praise is due them for their efforts. The difficulty, however, seems to lie in a mistaken idea prevalent among dancing men, that if they invite partners for the German, bouquets are de rigueur, and the inconvenience of sending flowers oftentimes...
...sympathize, too, with the man who knows that on Christmas night there will be a scraggly pine-tree in the parlor, and a gathering of the haut ton there in honor of his arrival. He will have to talk poetry with his aunt, and Greek with the clergyman. But "neque tu choreas sperne, puer," and leave the clergyman to learn from mamma how hard you have studied; she will make out a much better case than yourself, we assure...
...Yale Freshman Nine are working vigorously. They lately beat the Anchor Club of New Haven by the score of 21 to 1. The Courant says that the audience at the Prince-ton game, played at Princeton, seemed to appreciate the talent of the home club only, as their good plays were the only ones applauded. As this was by no means the conduct of the Princeton audience when our Nine visited them, we are inclined to think that the Princetonians, when they are entertaining " Romans, do as the Romans...
...cousins no less than a ton...