Word: joking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rather heavy. "The Siege of Xavier de Chateaufort" is the best story in this number, the change in the young duke is as unexpected as it is complete, and the idea of the Indians being frightened off by the dirge of Brother Xavier is exceedingly original. "A Practical Joke" is good as far as it goes, but has hardly a place in the Adventures it is interesting and well told but perhaps better suited to a comic paper...
...huge practical joke which was attempted yesterday by sending out a number of bogus dean's summonses, was a piece of smartness which calls for severe condemnation. Fortunately the attempt was only partially successful, for the deception was discovered early in the day. As it was, it resulted in a great deal of inconvenience at the college office he joke had not even the merit of being funny and for silliness and freshness it would be hard to match...
...most entertaining contribution is "A Joke that became a Reality." The entanglements in which Bob Gray becomes involved by his numerous proposals are solved in a most unexpected manner...
President Eliot has just been made the subject of a very undignified practical joke by some unknown person. Engraved cards of invitation to his house for today were sent out in his name. The style of the cards is unlike any he ever had, and the date is written in ink. In addition to this an advertisement stating that he desired to engage a servant girl was inserted in several Boston papers. The result of this is that he has had forty or fifty applicants. He sent to the Boston newspapers on Saturday the following statement: President Eliot desires...
...make a business of filling up their columns with false trash about Harvard whenever they are hard up for stuff. People easily believe sensational stories about the college. particularly when little occurrences are made to assume the proportions of hideous crimes. The thing has ceased to be a joke and is fast becoming a downright nuisance...