Word: alpacas
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...preacher from Georgia in a bungalow on wheels drowsily draws on his outlandish costume-alpaca coat, shabby policeman's trousers and an opera hat- and hopes that the new day may bring him an audience for his weird sermon proving that Negroes are not human beings. The barker for a tent show called The She-Devil clears his throat...
...whom the contract was offered. The cap and gown will be furnished by Cotrell, Leonard & Co., of Albany, N. Y. The Co-operative Society will act as their agents, and measurements may be taken there and the goods will be delivered when finished. The material of the gown is alpaca, and will cost, with the cap, $7.50. Goods will be delivered by June 10 if measurements are left at the Co-operative before April 1. Class Day officers will wear, to distinguish them from the other seniors, a red tassel on their caps, the gowns remaining the same...
Lost. Will the gentleman who took a black alpaca umbrella, by mistake, from the gymnasium, please leave the same at the Auditor's room and oblige the owner...
Upon the occasion of the procession on Monday a curious lack of uniformity was noted in the gowns worn by the members of the faculty. One peculiar garment greatly resembled an alpaca duster minus the sleeves. While some voluminous robes swept the pavement others crept up to an unseemingly shortness. In a word, there seemed to be no clear distinctive mark by which a member of the faculty could be distinguished as such. This subject has been revived at every Class Day for years, and it again provokes comment when the garments so essential to the proper ceremonies...
...will not detain you with an account of the uninteresting journey from Saug Centre to Boston, except to tell you that Mrs. Butterfield told me after the journey was over that she should never wear her black "alpaca" again to travel in. On their arrival in Boston they were met at the station by Mrs. De Sorosis and her niece Asphyxia, and escorted thence to the home of Mrs. De Sorosis at the South...