Word: shower
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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According to the announcement, the dormitory will be interially constructed with every thought expended to produce a modern structure: with all modern appliances and facilities. In each bedroom there will be placed beds that fold into the walls, and instead of bathtubs, in-wall shower baths will be constructed in each suite...
...magazine, Good Words: "This is an ideal place for men to refit morally and physically for the battle of life," and "no man is asked or expected to work beyond his capacity or to injure himself by overdoing things. . . . Hot supper is served to every newcomer, and then a shower bath and bed for a good night's rest in warmth and comfort. . . . With the morning comes a revelation in breakfasts and everyone goes to work with pick and shovel making roads" (TIME, Jan. 17). Guest Albert E. Sartain discovers himself paradoxically thankful that it is Mr. Snook...
...brought to our very eyes the delights and delusions of life in perpetual summer. A very popular, successful, and excellent play of the last two years showed the dire results of a coincidence of man, woman and a bottle of gin in a languorons tropical setting, with a steady shower of rain out-side...
...What do them papers mean by referring a me as a squeaky piccolo player, demanded Bob lampoon indignantly. Bob further expressed disgust at the misconstruction of his reception. The morning papers stated that lamp's diminutive janitor was greeted by a shower of rotaries dairy products and gin battles. This was a bit of false in formation bitterly resented by Bob "Why I was the big act," he said in defense, and the fellows only threw money...
...Crimson riders continued to shower the Canoneers' goal throughout the remaining periods, exhibiting a fast passing game and hard shooting...