Word: bazaar
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Allied Bazaar closes...
...work of the Ambulance Service has made upon the Allied nations of Europe at a time when there is unfortunately a great deal of foreign criticism is respect to Americans. With the hope of arousing still greater interest in the cause of the Service a booth at the Allied Bazaar has been fitted up with interesting souvenirs of the war, and placed in charge of a group of Harvard men who have already driven ambulances abroad. It is an excellent chance for any member of the University, whether he has an interest in the work of relief...
Captain Beith is the official lecturer of the British government at the Allied Bazaar in Boston, and with Captain Norman Charles Thwaites, V.C., is in charge of the British military exhibits in Mechanics Building...
...most unusual and interesting booths at the Allied Bazaar is devoted to an institution called the Blue Cross which does for wounded horses what the Red Cross does for men. Since horses are lower animals and not free agents, the spur of patriotic duty does not urge them on, nor do thoughts of promotion aid them in doing their bit; yet, they have to suffer as do other participants in the war. For humane and economic reasons, these animals, commandeered from hunting stables, from the farm, and from the street, should receive a share of the attention given to sick...
Generosity is always more pleasant when accompanied by an entertainment. The Bazaar furnishes that in abundance. In this country the word "bazaar" not infrequently conjures up remembrances of parish houses and Ladies Aid Societies. But the festivals in the Arabian nights and the great Eastern bazaars will more nearly approach the exhibition in Mechanics Building tonight. Articles of every description will be on sale--and there will always be a fair exchange for your money. The elaborate exhibition of war relics and the reproduction of a British trench, arranged by Captain Thwaites, to say nothing of the trench-climbing "tank...