Word: moorish
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...Moorish girls, H. B. Fenno, C. P. Preseott, J. C. Whitfield, H. H. Hill, R. L. Scaif, J. S. Holbrook...
Ballet rehearsal, Moorish Girls at 3.30, men at 4. All who can attend without cutting are urged to get this extra practice...
There are to be two ballets, one of eight Moorish girls and the other of four watchmen and four musicians. In addition, there will be a special dance by V. Munro '96 and F. S. Hoppin '96. The first interlude will begin with a farcical serenade by polichinelle (corresponding in a way to the English buffoon). He will be interrupted by the entrance of four watchmen who will arrest him and execute an appropriate dance. Then four musicians will enter and dance to the accompaniment of their inharmonious musical instruments. Finally the watchmen and musicians will join in a merry...
...sure to be a success in every way. The ballets which take place between the acts will be one of the principal features of the performance. The first ballet will consist of policemen, musicians, and a policinell in fantastic costumes. The second ballet will be a dance of four Moorish men and women. The play will end with a ceremony of conferring the degree of doctor, consisting of 8 surgeons, 8 apothecaries, the president of the medical faculty, and other persons. For this ceremony at least twenty-five men are required, and all men who wish to take part...
...very common, the number contains two articles on travel, one by Henry Van Dyke entitled "From Venice to the Gross-Venediger," the other by Alfred J. Weston, called "From Spanish Light to Moorish Shadow." There are so many magazine articles of travel which are hardly more than mere guide book accounts, that it is a pleasure to come across such an appreciative writer as Dr. Van Dyke. He gives something more than a topographical description of the country passed over; and when he gives this, he puts it in a charmingly readable form. There is a distinct atmosphere...