Word: showing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...have you show a little pique...
Never spend a cent that does n't show. Avoid tete-a-tete dinners, and expensive cigars, and all that sort of thing. Most people spend so much more than appears at first sight, that if you make what you pay out tell, you will get the credit of being vastly richer than you are. And keep your bills paid up. It is always easier to settle a small account than a large one, and if you pay your bills promptly you will not be so apt to have too much pocket-money, - which tempts a man to spend money...
...clubs were filled with men few of whom were fit to row in a race, and the boats intended for those who row for exercise only were, except in a few instances, not used at all. The University Crew, when placed beside a first-rate crew, made no show whatever, and when placed beside ordinary crews, lost its chance of winning simply because money enough was not raised to buy a boat in season to prepare for the race. All this must be attributed to the lack of interest in boating...
...spite of the decline of interest in boating, we see a ray of light breaking on the horizon. The letters we publish this week upon the subject of boating show that there is somewhere an interest in rowing. To turn this dawning spirit in the right direction, to so direct it that it may show us the way to victory, is what we should now give our attention to. That this desirable object may be attained we invite every one to express his view, and we promise to give all sides a fair hearing. Those who disagree with the conclusions...
Possibly it costs no more in college now than it did in '60, but the figures certainly show that more is spent now than was spent then. But this point may be cleared up, for more articles on the same subject are to follow. The subject is one of interest, and these investigations have a decided value...