Word: parlor
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...McKay house, 24 Arrow Street, (at junction with Bow St.), a library, parlor and other rooms, en suite or singly. Also a large Music Hall for afternoon or evening entertainments. Board at a family table...
...Harvard quarters up the river. The 'varsity and part of the freshman crew occupy the house together, while the rest of the '89 men live in a little cottage directly across the the way. As you enter the house, across the little sheltered piazza, you come first into the parlor, or rather lounging room, where the men spend their odd moments in playing cards, reading, etc. To the right of this room we come into the dining-room, in which are two long tables, - one for each crew, - and leading out from here is the kitchen, where an enormous negro...
...vacation week to a trip to New York, where two performances of the theatricals were given for the benefit of the University Boat Club. Those who were to take part in the play met in the Albany Station on Sunday afternoon, and took possession of a special parlor car attached to the 4.30 New York express. The journey was made comfortably and without any marked incidents. On the arrival of the party at New York coaches were taken for the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where the club made its headquarters during its stay. The first performance was given on Monday evening...
...most enjoyable and informal club dinners ever sat down to in Denver, was that given last night, at the Albany Hotel, by the Rocky Mountain Harvard Club. About 8 p.m. the Harvard graduates at present in the city, were called together in the main parlor, and a permanent organization effected. Joseph N. Baxter, '75, was chosen president, and the Rev. Thomas Van Ness vice-president, and Chambers Baird, '82, secretary. After the constitution of the club had been adopted the members, with their guests, repaired to the elegant dining room, which was fitted up with neat floral designs...
...them coming from friends who have not given their names. One of the students of the Annex has framed and presented a number of valuable photographs gathered during a visit in Spain, and a lady interested in the education of women has covered the floor of the principal parlor with rich and heavy rugs, which add very much to its comfort and appearance. - Cambridge Tribune...