Local Villagers

Famous quotes containing the words local and/or villagers:

    “Resorts advertised for waitresses, specifying that they “must appear in short clothes or no engagement.” Below a Gospel Guide column headed, “Where our Local Divines Will Hang Out Tomorrow,” was an account of spirited gun play at the Bon Ton. In Jeff Winney’s California Concert Hall, patrons “bucked the tiger” under the watchful eye of Kitty Crawhurst, popular “lady” gambler.”
    —Administration in the State of Colo, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “The villagers are untying their disguises, they are shaking hands.
    Whose is that long white box in the grove, what have they
    accomplished, why am I cold?”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)