Word: petticoats
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...Tripping Round the Corner," and a series of musical interludes between the fast-moving scenes. It is probably because the piece is advertised as "Dickensy" that most of the players overact atrociously. George Carney, new to Manhattan, is earthy, rugged, ap- pealing as Jess Oakroyd. Valerie Taylor (Peter Ibbetson, Petticoat Influence) does a good job as gallant, eager Miss Trant. Hugh Sinclair plays Inigo Jollifant languidly in soprano. Sample humor: "Oh, you have a nasty mind; you must be on the Vice Committee." "What? A teetotaler? He's a newspaper man!" "Get up at six-thirty? Why, there...
...seen at present in the Treasure Room of Widener Library. The exhibition includes not only such documents as the College Charter and early descriptions of Harvard but also objects of interest ranging all the way from President Dunster's family Bible to a portion of the wedding petticoat of his daughter Martha. The Charter of 1850, which is still the fundamental source of authority for the University, is written in English, a rather unusual deviation from the customary Latin...
...whole exhibit is taken from the archives of the University with the exception of the Dunster family Bible and a portion of the wedding petticoat of Martha Dunster, daughter of Harvard's first president, which are loaned by the Dunster family. The exhibition, which was arranged by Miss Lucille Bump, will continue for about a month...
After his speech the Mahatma admitted that he had just received a large white petticoat from an infuriated Briton with a demand that he "cover his nudity with...
...shall preserve the petticoat." cackled the Mahatma. "It really is the oddest souvenir of my already large collection...