Word: letting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Let him not mistake the office for a bear garden, nor Wadsworth for an ice-house. Let him not despise the in offensive cigarette and sicken upon the masculine bulldog. Let him not drink too much lemonade, nor think a remorse should be worn conspicuously. Let him not drag about a stick he can't carry for two consecutive minutes. Let him not play the drum at midnight, nor boast of wild feats he never attempted, nor attempt wild feats he can never perform. Little boys should be seen and not heard, and not seen too much either...
...word, let him not be "fresh." If his betters, the seniors, chose to go down in the mud and bite car tracks, that is an eminently respectable thing for them to do. They are not "fresh." They are only clinging to the last relics of a vanished childhood. But he, the freshman, with all the innocent freedom of a child in bib and tucker, has also all said child's ignorance of convention. This let him put in his pipe- if he can use one-and smoke, for we speak to him of the fullness of our heart or hearts...
...first place let every man who has ever sung at all to present himself at the trial. There may be many also who don't know they can sing, yet who may have good untrained voices which can be made much of in a chorus. This kind of men have in the past proved valuable Glee Club...
Clubs can be accommodated, also boarders, at general table; two rooms unfurnished to let; stable to let. 16 Oxford street...
...Let.-One of the best rooms in Felton at a big discount! Steam heat! Hot and cold water! Bath tub! For terms, etc., call at 39 Weld...