Word: order
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...dining room is on the first floor, and its capacity is such as to hold 85 people comfortably; great care is to be taken that everything connected with this department shall be of the first order...
...club now contains about 1200 members, and there are many names on the waiting list. It is probable that the membership will soon be considerably increased. Many of Boston's leading citizens are members, and it is their idea to make this club of as high a social order as any club in Boston. The situation of the club building is a decidedly favorable one, and its site has become infinitely more valuable than when it was bought. There is no reason why the Boston Athletic Club should not be one of great credit to the city...
...first stage of the tour was from Boston to New York. A special car was provided for the clubs. As all singing was prohibited in order that voices might be kept as fresh as possible for the strain about to be put upon them, the men turned to whist to pass the time. A basket luncheon was served at Springfield. One man who was in the smoking carat the time did not receive his basket and was compelled to go hungry until evening...
...early start for Philadelphia was made Monday morning. Several of the Glee Club men who had returned to Boston late Saturday evening in order to fulfil choir duties rejoined the party just before it left New York. One of the officers of the Glee Club who left the train at Bound Brook to send a telegram, found on his return that the train had departed. He was compelled to wait for the next train...
...unworthy Christmas dinner in the crowded station dining-room at Baltimore. At Washington, during the ten minutes halt a score of men under the lead of Shippen, second bass, whose home is in that city, ran up the hill to the base of the capitol in order to catch a glimpse of the beautiful city. The natives were much astonished at the invasion...