Word: fair
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...program of the class crews has been somewhat hindered this week by the cold weather; but fair improvement has been shown in most of the boats. The definite announcement that the winning class crew will be sent to the American Henley Regatta at Philadelphia on May 23 has added considerably to the interest taken in the work...
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Cokes, a country squire, comes up to London to the 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...
Arrived at the fair, Busy warns the Littlewits to beware of the "heathen," and all enter Ursula's booth to partake of pig. Justice Overdo enters, still preserving his incognito, and the extravagant Cokes begins to buy up all the toys and ginger-bread at the fair. He has his purse cut by Edgworth while Nightingale creates a diversion by ballad singing, and Justice Overdo, suspected of the theft, is given into custody. The Puritanical Busy then tries to seize Leatherhead's toys on the ground that they are "idols" which must be "torn down," and is arrested...
...08Trouble-All, R. H. Smith '10Haggise, C. W. Burton '08Bristle, F. S. Howe '08Filcher, C. E. Hale '10Sharkwell, J. W. Baker '08Northern, C. E. Hale '10Puppy, C. C. Rausch '09Pocher, F. L. Baker '09Costardmonger, J. W. Baker '08Mousetrap-Man, F. S. Howe '08Corncutter, R. H. Smith '10Citizens at the Fair, R. E. Hoguet '08 H. C. Broun '10Mrs. Littlewit, L. B. Packard '09Dame Purecraft, N. B. Cole '09Dame Overdo, L. F. Black '09Grace Wellborn, L. E. Matteson '08Joan Trash, P. E. Illman '09Ursula, H. P. Breed...