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...though not startlingly so. Mr. Savery in the two contrasted parts of floor-walker and crystal gazer filled his difficult role well. Mr. Bemis as the ambitious matron in beautiful and startling raiment had a character that suited him admirably. Mr. Benchley, however, in the minor part of the gum-chewing hair-dresser, and in his burlesque of Madame X, was the most finished performer. The costuming is, as always, elaborate and probably costly; the dresses of the leading ladies and of the debutantes are extremely handsome. It is to be hoped that the mass dances will go with more...
...Gum Club will hold a series of interclass shoots this spring. Teams of three men will be selected from each of the classes by a system of trial shoots and by the previous work of the year. In the final series the Seniors will contest with the Juniors and the Sophomores with the Freshmen, each man shooting at fifty birds thrown from a Magaur trap. The two teams winning the preliminary shoots will contest for the championship in three matches. Members of the championship team will be given cups...
...complete in every detail, was made at the request of Dr. Agassiz; it is the model of a large Fiji outrigger working canoe, and is distinguished from a war canoe by the fact that the latter is made double instead of with an outrigger. The boat is caulked with gum, which is protected by strips of palm, and the various portions of the hull are fastened together by ropes of cocoanut fibre. All the cordage is made of this same fibre. The large lateen sail is made of strips of pandanas leaf, sewed together with narrow strips of the same...
...stove, which is very old, is made of terra cotta glazed with gum, and is probably the only one of its kind in this country. When in use, it was set on a bed of sand, on the deck of a canoe, and then heated for cooking purposes. The exact method employed has not yet been determined, for the stove was broken in transportation, and the pieces have not yet been fitted together...
Among the specimens illustrating the products of maize is a set of twenty-five large jars obtained through the kindness of Professor Sharples. Among the principal ones are starch, British gum, American gum, closely resembling gum arabic, certain sugars and caramels, corn oil, gluten meal, and the various cattle feeds. Near this are ears of corn illustrating the more important varieties of maize, from that of Mexico, in which each kernel is covered with a separate husk, to the very minute ears of the smallest popcorn. As opportunity offers, the other cereals are to be illustrated in the same...