Word: amethyste
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...nave; hundreds of wealthy laymen were packed shoulder to shoulder in those stalls not reserved for the ordained. Already Dr. Stires had received a magnificent Bible from Mrs. George Hardwick, his 80-year old mother-in-law; already 80 of his admiring colleagues had presented him with an amethyst ring; already the great procession -so long that the processional hymn was sung through four times -had followed the crucifer up the aisle, while outside on Fifth Ave. motor horns blared interrogatively, and ladies on their way out to luncheon found their cars blocked by a crowd of the curious...
...procession marched into Liberty Hall, which was formerly a garage. First came a beadle, then an archdeacon, then a priest in red biretta, then Bishop McGuire of Africa in a purple cape and mitre of gold cloth, carrying a crook and wearing his bishop's ring of amethyst over a pair of white gloves. At the rear came Marcus Garvey in a feathered hat and George O. Marke, Royal Potentate, who came from Sierra Leone for the ceremony...
...point. The trenchant theatrical reviews at the end are so good as to arouse a desire that the signature W. C. B. might be substituted for cer- tain well-known initials in the critical columns of a certain Boston newspaper. Mr. Murdock's short poem, although it has its "amethyst and pearl," its "gold and blue," is inspired by true feeling and possesses true significance. Perhaps the best thing in the number is Mr. Jacobs's war-sonnet, a vital and powerful satire, and the winner of the Advocate competition. C. R. POST...
...University Mineralogical Museum has recently received two very interesting and valuable additions. A friend has given the Museum a huge amethyst which is crystallized in about five hundred hexahedral prisms. This stone, which is remarkable for its size and dark purple color, was found in Minas Geraes, Brazil...
They lay like half-hid amethyst...