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...more. The depressing environment of Thrigsby-a dingy manufacturing town-and a certain ingrown Puritanical stodginess of character combine to crush the Lawries and their connections under the weight of their own respectability. Some try to escape-James Lawrie via unintelligible humor and the pothouse-Annette, his daughter-in-law, by having quantities of children- Stephen, his youthful grandson, by retiring into his own entirely unchildish mind. The struggles of these and others against Destiny and the respectable furnish the theme of the book...
...King is presenting the young couple with a complete set of house- hold silver, comprising hundreds of pieces. The Queen is giving jewels to her prospective daughter-in-law. The Prince of Wales' gift to the future bride is a set of sables, composed of the rarest and finest pelts. The blushing bridegroom will present his prospective spouse with a bracelet adorned with gems. From an unknown source comes a cheque for ?2,500, which is now being distributed in London, Glasgow, York, Cardiff and Belfast for the purpose of giving poor children a good time on the wedding...
...Fenn '15Scrub, servant to the ladies, G. C. Smith, Jr., '15Foigard, a French priest, T. K. Fisher '17Gibbet, a highwayman, W. J. R. Taylor '17Hounslow, a rogue, R. D. Campbell '17Bagshot, another rogue, A. Potter '17Tapster, C. H. Smith '15Lady Bountiful, H. Francke '15Dorinda, her daughter, W. B. Breed '15Mistress Sullen, her daughter-in-law, F. Fremont-Smith '17Gipsey, their maid, D. F. Fenn '15Cherry, the landlord's daughter, D. F. Fenn...
Bagshot, companion to Gibbet, A. Potter '17 Tapster, C. H. Smith '15 Lady Boutiful, H. Francke '15 Dorinda, her daughter, R. H. Norris,, Jr., '17 Mistress Sullen, her daughter-in-law, F. Fremont-Smith '17 Gipsey, their maid, W. B. Breed '17 Cherry, the landlord's daughter, D. F. Fenn...
...Eliot, accompanied by their two granddaughters Miss R. Eliot and Miss G. Eliot, landed in Boston from the "Arabic" yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. President Eliot, who is in good health, has been in Europe since the latter part of January on a visit to his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Charles Eliot. He has spent most of the winter with his family at Chateau d'Oex in Switzerland. During March he took a two-weeks trip to Venice and Florence. Just before sailing President Eliot's spent a fortnight in London, where he sat to John S. Sargent...