Word: mascots
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...France. This boy of ten years lived in this village for four or five days--God knows how he lived. He was found by a colonel of a regiment of Zouaves. The colonel took the lad and kept him with the regiment. He was what we should call a mascot for them. The lad lived with them for three months in the trenches. At the time of the Italian retreat these Zouaves were ordered to Italy. The colonel took the boy back of the lines and left him with some sisters. These good women provided for the orphan...
...days of the African slave trade, with the difficult vehicle of Scotch dialect. The movement of the story is uninterrupted, the episodes clearly drawn, and the dialect at once consistent and unobtrusive. The tale is better than Mr. Plummer's sketch of a cat which became ship's mascot. This unpromising subject is, however, handled in a manner which, if a trifle juvenile, is far from puerile. The way in which cross-eyed Mike "stared in royal disdain, his left eye terrifying the cats on his right and his right eye appalling those on his left" is amusing. The appreciation...
...class. Much credit must be given the committee for securing a game especially invented for the occasion called "the tub and ball contest." For genuine fun, there will be nothing to equal this. But the crowning event of the evening will be the debut of the class mascot. The class will be called to order at the end of the evening to witness this astounding and thrilling exhibition...
...Africa, world's famous dodger, will perform. There will also be a specially built machine for sledgehammer artists, a game invented for the occasion entitled "tub and the ball," "whoop-la," and many other attractions. The great social event of the year will be the debut of the class mascot and her annual reception...
...enumerate the numerous and varied attractions of this great Fair. Of course there will be present the much-heralded African dodger, the gay Hoop-la Hooplala, and the Jinx--champion bean shooter of the world. But an even greater attraction than all these will be seen in the Class Mascot. Ever since the classic dinner at the American House this wonderful creature has been kept in close confinement. No member of the class can afford to miss its reappearance...