Word: summering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Summer letters, written to him while he held office in Washington during the critical period of the Civil War, are largely from disgruntled gentlemen who criticised the government by writing to men in power, much as do those who write to their Congressmen with their grievances today. One correspondent of Mr. Sumner, for instance, writes to say that, in his opinion, the trouble with the Navy was its intemperance...
...phrases that will always remind me of last summer's tour are 'mediaeval troubadours' and 'chicken salad'. At every village we visited, we were hailed by the local literati as 'mediaeval troubadours'. Every country newspaper mentioned us as the 'troubadours returned' or a 'refreshing voice from the past'. Our mediaeval origin was dinned into us from Maine to New York...
...chicken salad', I am certain that no actress of the company will ever offend etiquette by ordering it a second time. Almost without exception, every entertainment we were invited to during the summer, supplied chicken salad among the refreshments. One becomes somewhat of a connoisseur of this dish after consuming it for several months. A little too much seasoning in it after a certain time sufficed to make the whole company irascible...
...covered about 3000 miles during the tour and ended up with a lot of enthusiasm at Babylon, Long Island, September 11. When things were going rather discouragingly in the middle of the summer on account of the weather, J. L. Shuke, formerly of "47" Workshop, composed a ballad which we all added to and modified during the tour. It was sung during our wanderings on the highway and was really quite inspiring. Set to the tune of Columbia, Gem of the Ocean', it goes as follows...
...largest audience of the season was in Harvard Yard August 9. The Summer school students rallied for the performance in crowds. Our poorest audience numbered seven people and convened in spite of a slight drizzle and fog in Saco, Maine. Needless to say, we postponed the performance--the only one that was called off during the summer...