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...rooms of the club will be again thrown open in May for their final exhibition of the year, to which cards of admission can readily be obtained from members, and it would well repay all interested in such matters to be present. With these few hints on a very comprehensive subject I must close, in the earnest hope, however, that the promising indications I have mentioned may not prove fallacious, but result in some new and glorious...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ART IN THE MODERN ATHENS. | 4/18/1873 | See Source »

...another thing which would repay revival here is the game of chess. There are many here who play the game more or less, and some who play it well. But it is most often the case that these persons do not know each other as chess-players; and even if they do, a few desultory games are usually the sole result. Chess clubs have existed here in the past; why should they not be revived now with our other associations? It would bring together those who already play chess, and would encourage others to study the game, which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHESS. | 4/4/1873 | See Source »

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