Word: salons
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Tuesday night the following officers were nominated to be voted on at a future meeting: Vice-president, H. C. Travis '02; secretary, J. H. White '03; member of executive committee, R. S. Shapleigh sS. A paper was read by W. B. Swift '00, on the "Lesson of the Philadelphia Salon...
...Ballerine," Morceau de Salon, Gillet...
...student of French history and literature will enjoy a profusely illustrated article by Amelia Gere Mason on "Salons of the Empire and Restoration." The salons of Madame de Montesson, Mme. de Remusat, Mme. Recamier, and other brilliant women of that age are vividly described and penpictures are drawn of the wits and geniuses who frequented them. The causes that led to the decline of the salon are indicated-chief among which was the rise in power of the press, for when the press assumed the sovereignty, the salon was dethroned...