Word: furore
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Yale has been living up to her reputation this spring in the furor that has stirred her over her crew. There have been imported coaches and rumors of revolutionary shifts in the orders and such a boiling over as never before was seen by the banks of New Haven on the Sound. And in contrast, though there have been shifts, galore and unexpected, our crews have gone on comparatively quiet waters in the public mind and few men in the University realize that we have a "rowing situation." But we have. The order of the crews that leave today...
...WONDERFUL ADVANCE IN MANDOLIN MAKING.- The new 1897 Washburn Mandolin is creating a perfect furor among artists and amateurs. It is so far ahead of any mandolin ever heretofore constructed that it never fails to awaken the most enthusiastic enconiums, and expressions of surprise mingle with the praise, for the new Washburn mandolin fairly oversteps the line of expectation, and with its rich mellow tone marks out a field of its own. For the time it has been before the public its sales are phenomenal. A beautiful new catalogue (fully illustrated) telling more about this mandolin, and also giving full...
...always was a good shot, - and after talking it over with other 'prominent citizens,' I thought I'd risk it. As it is, all has turned out very well. Elsie is the first respectable woman under sixty who has come to Bodie, and she is creating a regular furor. She holds a reception every evening; the miners form in line and, one after the other, shake hands with her, and have a few minutes' talk. Some of them, who left wife and family East, come away with tears in their eyes. If any one strikes an unusually fine piece...
...Langtry has won not her spurs exactly but her ribbons already on the stage. All the women of fashion in London are wearing caps modelled on one worn by her as Kate Hardcastle, with a quaint full border of lace. The last dramatic furor in caps was created by Ellen Terry when she played Olivia...
...cello solo and the piano duet were honored with encores. Both the vocal soloists were well received. Mr. Babcock's profound and sympathetic voice raised a furor, which, some one said, reminded him of the reception of artists in Italy...