Word: facings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...centres of stirring life, that the character of men should be developed, their higher courses of study pursued; in other words, a city is the place for a university. As a university, I see no limit to the possibilities of Columbia's power and influence, if she keep her face turned unflinchingly in the direction of progress...
...litigation in the Sprague estate still continues. It is proved that Gen. Butler offered 26 cents on $1 on the face value of the trust mortgage notes...
...fashion: "This peerless phenomenon of the universe will bring a new heavenly revelation to men wherever the language is spoken, and make histrionism reign the empress of all created hearts throughout the limits of civilization." The truth is, that Miss Mather is simply a fair actress, with a handsome face and form. She has been very carefully trained, in fact over-trained, and while she does possess a little talent, she is devoid of the fire of genius, as Mary Anderson. Miss Mather is designed by her managers to burst upon the astonished gaze of the American public with...
...managed to effect her purpose with a considerable outlay of pins, her looking-glass showed her the necessity of another application of the bit of chamois skin kept in her powder-box. Mrs. Butterfield then descended to ask Mrs. De Sorosis if there were any powder on her face, and found that lady in the kitchen with a "new girl," as she expressed it, doing her best to explain in a short time the possibilities open to a connoisseur in the opening and decanting of ice-cream. Mrs. De Sorosis was telling in an excited manner to a bewildered Irish...
Then there were little boxes in the window with odd labels, such as "Peerless Corn Salve;" "In Excelsis Bug Exterminator; buy it, try it, and be no longer annoyed with cockroaches in your kitchen;" "Patent Labor-Saving Cleaning Powder," with the face of a female with abundant hair reflected in a table-spoon, and the like...