Word: escort
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...fair, to get his marriage license, attended by Waspe, his testy guardian, who calls for the license at John Littlewit's. Mrs. Littlewit conceives a violent craving for roast pig, and Dame Purecraft, her mother, and Rabbi Zeal-of-the-Land Busy, both hypocritical Puritans, agree to escort her to the fair, where it may be obtained, although they protest loudly against the vanity of such shows. The Rabbi salves his conscience for going by promising to eat to the fall of the wicked and to "eat exceedingly." Overdo, a justice of the peace, appropriately disguised as a fool, comes...
Governor Hughes of New York, candidate for the Republican nomination for President, spoke from his automobile before Tremont Temple yesterday afternoon to three hundred Harvard men who had formed an enthusiastic escort up Tremjont street from the Hotel Touraine. The governor's speech was strikingly virile and vigorous and was constantly interrupted by enthusiastic cheering. Mr. Hughes said that this escort was an improvement on his last occasion of being serenaded in Albany when the crowd sang "So Long Charley, Don't You Never Come Back Home!" After speaking of his pleasure of being able to address such a crowd...
...Hughes Club will meet at the Hotel Touraine this afternoon at 5.15 to escort Governor Hughes from the hotel to Tremont Temple, wher he will address the New England Dry Goods Association. Mr. Hughes will not be able to deliver a formal address to the members of the club at Cambridge, but he is expected to speak a few words to their from the steps of Tremont Temple. All members are urged to be present in order to make a successful demonstration. Badges may be secured before 5 o'clock at Holworthy 9, the permanent headquarters of the Hughes Club...
...what it usually is. Throughout the number is amusing and just the thing to give us a breathing space when our lady friends have asked more questions than we are able to bear. When Bessie, for instance, asks the why, when, and wherefore of each building, the long-suffering escort may well buy her a Class Day Lampoon and refer her to page 272, where she will find all such information ready made...
...decided to have a band and march to the field. In former years many of the undergraduates seem to have forgotten the time that the student body was to march. The failure of many men to join their class was probably due to the fact that they had to escort their families or friends to the game. This fact should not prevent anyone from joining his classmates. Every man that possibly can should make arrangements so that their families and friends go down to the field by themselves. By doing this, every man can march with his class and cheer...