Word: beds
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...scene of the play is in the Philippines on the Island of Tavolara, which is ruled ostensibly by the avaricious King Philippine, but really by his prime minister, Prince Ping Pong. The King's father, on his death-bed, charged the present monarch to abdicate after reigning twenty-five years, unless he married before the expiration of that period. The twenty-five years expire on the day after the play opens, and the king, worried by the thought of abdicating, is trying to find a wife. He proposes first to Mrs. Sarah Belium, the missionary, and then to her niece...
...ready for occupancy near the middle of the month. The building is the gift of Mrs. David P. Kimball and has cost about $70,000. It is a handsome, four-story, red brick structure trimmed with Vermont marble, and is located on Shepard street, near Garden. It contains bed rooms and studies for twenty five students, a large dining room, a library, and a parlor...
...wings on the third floor are taken up by a number of bed rooms. About six of these are intended for the use of graduates or members who wish to spend the night at the Union. A room is also provided for the steward; and a larger one for some of the servants...
...stove, which is very old, is made of terra cotta glazed with gum, and is probably the only one of its kind in this country. When in use, it was set on a bed of sand, on the deck of a canoe, and then heated for cooking purposes. The exact method employed has not yet been determined, for the stove was broken in transportation, and the pieces have not yet been fitted together...
...bridge. The sea wall will be continued some 280 feet and then turned in at an angle to meet a beach which will be constructed as far as the tracks. About 150,000 cubic yards of filling will be required, most of which will be taken from the river bed. This will reduce to a great extent the large mud flats which are so prominent at low water...