Boardinghouse Reach (1933); Training Table (1873)

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BOARDINGHOUSE REACH

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According to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, "boardinghouse reach" first appeared in print in 1947, but that first print appearance refers to the phrase being heard around 1900, and the phrase may well be considerably older than that.

   Please excuse my boardinghouse reach.
   APS ONLINE has no hits for "boardinghouse reach" or "boarding house reach."


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
  "BOARDING HOUSE REACH"; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; May 3, 1942; pg. E3, 1 pgs
(An editorial cartoon, from a Pittsburgh newspaper, is given this title--ed.)

  Washington And Tulsa Strive To Remain Unbeaten; Aggies Blanked Haskell; Special to The Christian Science Monitor; Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file), Boston, Mass.; Nov 22, 1935; pg. 15, 1 pgs
("The Cowboys may have as hard a time as the Tigers did in stopping bounding Bob Hudgens, Bear halfback, when scores are within boarding-house reach.")

  Return of Training Table Aim Of Big Ten Football Coaches; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Sep 16, 1933; pg. 17, 1 pgs
("The football training table, banned by the Big Ten grid officials after causing a storm that nearly shattered the conference, may come back with all its trimmings and boarding house reaches.")

  18,000 Meals Served Daily At St. Elizabeths Hospital; 40 Cozy Dining Rooms Replace Old Mess Hall; Dieticians Direct Preparation of Food in Eight Modern Kitchens Installed by Dr. William C. White.; By John J. Daly.; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Jul 15, 1933; pg. 3, 1 pgs
("Instead of the old 'congregate' dining room, with hundreds of patients making one grand rush for seats, and using the old boarding-house reach for their foodstuffs, usually served to them cold as a landlady's heart, the men and women now go into those cozy little dining rooms that surround a main kitchen...")


(WORLDCAT)
Boardinghouse REACH :
recipes from the friends of the R.E.A.C.H. /
Author: Lebbert, Dolores.; Bird, Merle.
Publication: Topeka, Kan. : Pearl Street Press, 1991
Document: English : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 1

The boarding house reach,
a comedy in three acts.
Author: Payton, Donald.
Publication: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Heuer Pub. Co., 1948
Document: English : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 14

Boarding house reach :
[famous Smith House recipes] /
Author: Gibson, Dot Rees.
Publication: Waycross, Ga. : D. Gibson Publications, 1981
Document: English : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 7

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TRAINING TABLE

   Merriam-Webster has 1893 for "training table."  OED (always miserable on food) has no entry.
   The first APS ONLINE hit is 1892.  HARPER'S WEEKLY has numerous hits from 1891.  The early citations all involve rowing.


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
  YALE AWAY FROM BOOKS.; THE WEEK IN THE ROWING AND SOCIETY CIRCLES.; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; May 25, 1884; pg. 3, 1 pgs

  THE HARVARD HEAVY MEN; TRAINING OF THE CLASS CREWS AT CAMBRIDGE. EXPECTED TO FINISH IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CLASSES, THOUGH THE SOPHOMORES MAY BEAT THE JUNIORS.; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; May 4, 1884; pg. 5, 1 pgs

  YALE'S BOATING INTERESTS.; THE PROMISING MATERIAL FROM WHICH THE CREW WILL BE CHOSEN.; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Dec 22, 1883; pg. 2, 1 pgs
("The short sliding seats will be introduced into the boat, the long, heavy oars put into use, and the candidates put to board at a 'training table,' where only such food will be given to them as is best calculated to develop bone and muscle.")

  THE OARSMEN OF HARVARD; THE CREWS PREPARING FOR THE COMING CONTESTS.; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; May 3, 1883; pg. 1, 1 pgs
("...although during the Spring recess, when the crew went to a training table, they were out twice daily.")

  THE HARVARD OARSMEN; PREPARING FOR THE ANNUAL CONTEST WITH YALE.; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Mar 17, 1882; pg. 2, 1 pgs
("The length of the rows will, of course, be increased later, and about the middle of May the crew will go to a training table, where, however, their diet will not be changed from that now followed, which is chiefly plenty of meat and vegetables, fruit, and light puddings.")

  NEXT SUMMER'S BOATING.; THE HARVARD CREWS. THE UNIVERSITY BOYS PREPARING FOR THE APPROACHING STRUGGLE WITH YALE-- THE MATERIAL FOR THE EIGHT-OARED CREW--THE CONDITION OF THE MEN-- THEIR PRELIMINARY EXERCISES. ; From an Occasional Correspondent.; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Mar 19, 1876; pg. 7, 1 pgs
("The men have not yet settled down to a regular training diet, but about the 1st of May they will have a training table, and from that time until after the race at Saratoga many, if not all, delicacies will be forbidden.")


(MAKING OF AMERICA-CORNELL)
 Bookmarkable URL for this journal article:  http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=ABK4014-0047-55

Ten Years Among the Rowing Men, by William Blaikie: pp. 407-415
p. 408 1 match of 'training table*'

  in: Title: Harper's new monthly magazine. / Volume 47, Issue 279
Publisher: Harper & Bros. Publication Date: August, 1873
City: New York Pages: 962 page images in vol.
("...and reasonably good fare, such as would be found on any well-ordered training-table, would probably have saved us a couple of these.")