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...Henderson, son of the Home Secretary, asked Parliamentary Secretary of the Admiralty Ammon to order British Jack Tars (gobs) to wear shoes. "I don't like to see seamen walking on deck in their bare feet. They get corns and are liable to other dangers from severe colds...
...modulated periods from his lips, tinted with no mean wit, with some felicity, some eccentricity. Being away, he was yet ever with his countrymen, catching their notice some times with a ridiculed phrase, some times with an exaggerated gesture. They did not quite like it that he should wear a toga while walking with the Romans. Even the pseudo-Romans failed to appreciate entirely his wearing of the toga. For one, the king he visited bore him no personal love. After some time of this, he wearied of his honorary exile. Its expense, for one thing, was a burden. Perhaps...
...accordance with the annual custom in existence at the University, Seniors will begin wearing caps and gowns today and will continue to wear them every morning until 1 o'clock for the balance of the college year...
...last man to wear a swallow tail coat* in the Senate?? Omar D. Conger of Michigan, who went to the Senate in 1881, after several years as Republican whip in the House...
...really deep diver must wear a metal helmet, and either a specially-built rigid suit or else get used to one or two atmospheres excess air pressure in his breathing supply. A heavy tire may need a pressure of 100 lbs, which is not quite seven atmospheres...