Word: matter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...librettist has turned out a book very much on the old Meihac & Halevy lines, taking mythological dramatis personae and the gist of an old myth, and burlesquing the whole by the introduction of all sorts of modern matter. And in this he has shown a very keen eye for caricature. Take, for instance, his fusion of the Greek Pluto with the modern Devil, of Hades with Hell, and then further burlesquing the composite by making Hell a sort of modern hotel, into which no sinless person can obtain admission; this is excellent burlesque. His working-out of this comic donnee...
...Amateur Athletes of America to arrange a match between the joint universities of America and England, although carried at that association's meeting by fifteen votes to three, has received the disapproval of such institutions as Yale, Columbia and Princeton, while Harvard would have no voice in the matter. All things considered it is most improbable that Oxford and Cambridge will give their consent to the match, the suggested month for which is July...
...work generally, to contribute any articles, reports or items of interest to the Pastime, monthly paper, printed and published wholly by the boys of my Club, the Pastime Progressive Club, of North Bennet street. We fill the paper mostly with articles written by the boys, but we greatly desire matter of interest to the members from outside sources. If those men connected with the Prospect Union and the Oak Street Club could furnish reports of their work, our boys would be greatly interested. All communications should be addressed to me at 403 Washington...
Several months ago a similar communication was received by the CRIMSON showing how interesting such a course of lectures would be. The subject excited some comment at the time, but nothing was done, and the matter dropped...
...with other champion teams outside the League. The articles on pitching, batting, fielding and base running, too, are instructive chapters, and that of the editorial comments is noteworthy. For an illustrated baseball manual the Guide for 1895 is a marvel of cheapness, its price for its 200 pages of matter being but 10 cents. It is the thirteenth yearly edition under the management of Mr. Henry Chadwick, whom the National League in 1894 placed on the roll of honorary membership of the organization...