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...course, advantages to this manner. The extreme self-possession of the average Princeton man gives him the somewhat meretricious air of having a vast knowledge of the world and its ways, a quality that is revered everywhere. He is inclined to cultivate the social graces, to have his daily shave, shine, shower, and shampoo, and to wear the right clothes on the right occasions; hence he is a very desirable member of the society in which he moves. But the fact remains that he is a hard person to know for what he really is, that sooner or later...
...advice latent in the accompanying press from Princeton's daily carries with it a real Message. For those who have already experienced the shave, shower, shine, and shampoo sequence, it will be welcome corroboration. To those super-sophisticates for whom this little round of activity has lost its first blush of freshness, it offers consolation and reward...
...This time, meeting Mussolini was like being granted an audience by a King. . . . He looked tired and worn. His clothes were wrinkled and he needed a second shave...
...technique. If, however, it were to be the sentiment that such hybrid programs should be removed, we would be far more in favor of breeding a pure strain of "highbrow music" than of fostering the tunes which we ourselves may shout in off-color tenors with the morning shave. TheDartmouth
...waiting long? just parted his whiskers, said 'Let her go!' and drained it to the bottom. Now there's a man after my own heart! ... If he would only consent to run [again] for President, come down here and travel with me from town to town and let me shave him, so the people could see what he looks like, I could elect...