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...days in England that one of the three officers in every community-the other two were the high bailiff and 'he low bailiff-was the ale tester. Posterity has cast a blot on the 'scutcheon of that worthy by corrupting his honored name into "ale taster." But testing was his office; tasting may have been his recreation. The ale tester was supposed to array himself in leathern breeches and proceed to examine the village supply of home brew as produced. This he did by pouring a small quantity of the precious fluid upon an oaken stool, and seating...
Current exhibitions at the Fogg Art Museum include a display of Maya art objects loaned by the Peabody Museum, a group of paintings and drawings by Louise W. Jackson, a collection of French silver wine-taster's cups, loaned by Mrs. Arthur T. Cabot, and an exhibit of Chonest and Japanese portraits by Denman Rose...
...dealer in "putrid books for the putrid minded" is precisely the same in the eyes of Mr. Sterling as a dealer who sells typhus-filled milk. Both are to be held responsible. There are tea-tasters and there were wine-tasters; every book seller must now become his own book taster. A round sum might induce a poetaster to prostitute his art in the service of Boston. When it was suggested that some booksellers might find difficulty in keeping peace with the thirty books that are being published each day Mr. Sterling, even though he knows little of fifteen minute...
...Buckingham Palace whirled the twice royal cavalcade. Portly Ahmed Fuad was soon shown into a suite in what is technically known as "Wing V." There the Egyptian Great Chamberlain marshalled Ahmed Fuad's numerous attendants?not the least of these being a chemist to test his food, a taster to sample it, and two of George V's physicians skilled in antidotes...
...outstanding employment for these patriots has, naturally, been reserved until the end. There really is, however, a need for a "Public Taster", corresponding to the renowned "King's Taster" of mediaeval courts. There have been most lamentable cases of blindness and even worse caused by impure beverages of doubtful authenticity, and even some of the best recommended importations are simply frightful...