Word: placidness
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...bids you meet Samuel Sweetland of Devonshire. He bids you meet Mr. Sweetland in that interesting period of later life when he is seeking a wife. He introduces you in passing to the several single ladies of Mr. Sweetland's acquaintance who he believes will promote his placid happiness. For reasons that seem neither good nor sufficient, these ladies one by one give Mr. Sweetland what is vulgarly described as "the air." In the end, Mr. Sweetland's comely housekeeper gives him her promise true...
...such things happen in a civilized state like Illinois? Those who know Illinois by the rolling farm lands and the occasional placid town of its northern part are not equipped to judge the Southern part ? "Egypt", as it is known because of the city of Cairo at the junction of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Egypt is full of little hills and eminences, wooded overhead, peopled with rattlesnakes on the ground, honeycombed with mines beneath. Nearly everyone carries a revolver or automatic; nearly everyone is a deadly shot. It is necessary in order to support life. "Egypt" is like...
Married. Dr. Melvil Dewey, founder-President of the Lake Placid Club, and Mrs. Emily McKay Beal, manager-Vice President of the same club; at Lake Placid...
During the afternoon when Proctor took the single out, the upper Charles was by no means the placid stream it usually is and it is entirely within the realm of possibility that an accident may have occurred. The inclement weather, to gather with the scheduled races, offered small inducement to scullers yesterday, and it is doubtful whether there were any other boats in the vicinity. The river is very narrow at that point, however, and it is thought that a swimmer of even ordinary ability could have reached the shore. Rules for sculling in the University demand that...
...Pennsylvania crews arrived at Newell boathouse about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and as soon as their shells were rigged, left for the Basin. Being accustomed to the placid waters of the Schulykill, they had an excellent chance to become acclimated to conditions on the Charles yesterday, for heavy rain and a wind-swept basin greeted the Red and 'Blue oarsmen. The workout of the Penn crews was comparatively short, consisting merely of rowing the course...