Word: guests
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...English trade journal gives the following account of a curious New Year's custom which is annually observed at Queen's College, Oxford: "After a dinner given to people indirectly connected with the college, the senior bursar delivers to each guest a needle furnished with a length of silk, with the injunction, 'Take this and be thrifty, and begin the new year with industry.' Contrary to a common belief, this is not the condition of a tenure, nor does any advantage accrue to the institution by its observance. There is nothing particular about the needles either. To be precise, they...
...dress is the very daisy of idyllity." The reporter expressed a great yearning to know the name of this fortunate being. He was told that it is Dan'l Pratt - "Not Daniel," said Oscar, "but simplistically beautiful Dan'l." Immediately our reporter excused himself, and after examining the guest-book, the chief of police and several other Boston dignitaries, he found that Mr. Pratt was actually staying at the Vendome - his room was up pretty high, to be sure, but for all that he was at the Vendome. After two or three timid knocks the door was partly opened...
...likely that Gen. Grant will accept the President's invitation to become his guest before the latter part of March, when he expects to stop at the White House for a few days prior to making a visit to the South...
...Patience Parties" are the latest, at which each guest is expected to wear an aesthetic costume...
...said, "you shall not be the guest of an empty-handed host. We must not faint with hunger before we reach home...