Word: customs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...autobiographical works, Mr. Firkins finds that he was athletic only in boyhood, a nonsmoker, fearful of dogs yet fond of them, as fond of birds as Spencer and Stevenson, partial to public spectacles, keen of nose, "respectful" toward dress; that "he observed the habit while he deplored the custom" of giving tips; that his visits to churches "commonly involved the Baedeker rather than the Prayerbook. . . . He distrusted Eddyism [Christian Science] . . . recoiled from what seemed to him tasteless and tawdry in the external fashions of the Salvation Army [in England] . . ." Philosophically, Mr. Howells was a benevolent realist; economically, a Utopian...
...Collier, who is the author of "Otto Grow" will make, during his talk, about 20 sketches to illustrate how things look through a cartoonist's eyes. At the close of the address he will follow his usual custom of asking some of the audience to come upon the platform and offer themselves as subjects...
...applications, in accordance with the custom followed in the past, must have only the fictitious name of the group on the outside, with 25 choices of rooms. The real names of the applicants appear only on the inside, and the envelopes will not be opened till after the draw. Those who are applying in groups of 12 or 18 may enclose small envelopes containing six names each, within the large envelope. In this way they will get a second chance, divided into smaller groups, in case their original application loses in the draw...
...certificate of domicile is secured either from the address where the petitioner is actually residing or from some purely fake residence . With this in hand it is usually the custom to secure from the police a card of identity so that the proper identification of the party is doubly assured...
...last week to announce the marriage of his Hearst's International and his Cosmopolitan magazines. Consummation of the union was set for early in the new year. The International, a feminist bride, will insist for a time on International-Cosmopolitan as the family name, but will later succumb to custom and be of one name as well as one flesh with the Cosmopolitan...