Word: tis
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...oldtime Hippodrome names and numbers, including: Comedian De Wolf Hopper (appearing as wizard, interlocutor, Mephistopheles, Chinese Mage); Tramp-Comedian Joe Jackson and his disintegrating bicycle; ballets (Tiller, Rasch, Lenora) ; clowns, skaters, dogs, an elephant. Many of the tunes were written by Bandman Sousa, including the blaring, brassy march " 'Tis the Eagle...
...Tis "WE" today...
...instruction was given by men in Spanish and I was the only white pupil. Shortly after, an American school teacher opened a public school, and I transferred to it. I sat between a Moro kid, a Chinese, and two Mestizos, and I joined heartily in "My countree 'tis off dee" every time a visitor showed up. What a relief it was to go to Baguio with twenty odd other American boys, and be taught by a small group of the finest men and instructors I have ever had-all hand picked by Bishop Brent. The mountain climate, excellent care...
...seems, and pity 'tis...
...none the less, 'tis true-At diction, self-proclaimed...