Word: adornment
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...Notman Photographic Co. 's New Studio at 1286 Massachusetts avenue, (over the gas office ) is now open for business. This is one of the finest studios in the state and the exquisite specimens of the Photographer's Art which adorn the rooms are well worth a visit. The company will, every afternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock, give a free exhibition of Stanley's X Ray machine. Visitors welcome...
...gracious, who does more than mere duty demands, who is appreciative and lovingly enters into the life of each one whom he or she meets. We are more apt to notice this trait in the child with its subtle charm and winsome ways, "the gracious boy who doth adorn the world into which he is born." Grace is the fairest, the rarest gift of life. We are often content if we are told that we are doing our duty but what would a home be when all did their duty and nothing more, it would be decorus, severe and just...
...records made from time to time in track athletics. The custom of having the photograph of each team placed in the room, together with a record of what it had done, was maintained for several years. Later the custom died out. Moreover, the flags which adorn the room have been neglected. They are rapidly rotting, and will soon be in shreds...
...pass daily in and out from Memorial Hall and see the tablets which adorn the walls of the vestibule, there are probably but few upon whom is borne the true significance of these tablets, those speaking examples of the spirit of generous sacrifice in which Harvard's sons laid down their lives in the war. The true meaning of this devotion has only partly been realized by us, and never can be fully realized until we are brought face to face with these men and their deeds through those who suffered and struggled with them. The beauty of a memorial...
Previous to the removal of the marbles by Lord Elgin, he said, other spoliations of the temples and monuments were made. Private individuals visited Athens and carried off large statues and sculptures to adorn their own private galleries. On December 26, 1687, the Parthenon was blown up in the Venetian siege of the Acropolis and many antiquities of inestimable value were lost...