Word: angel
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Paris where he now spends the greater part of every year, William Nelson Cromwell is known for his snowy chrysanthemum-like hair and the original manner of tying his neckties. He has also the distinction of being the financial angel of the Legion of Honor. Mr. Cromwell built the chevaliers a beautiful little pink marble museum near their palace on the Quai d'Orsay. Commander Cromwell be came a Grand Officer of the Order with a large plaque to pin on his dress coat. Among his other benefactions may be listed the American Braille Press for the blind...
...capital to the right shows that dramatic scene in which the three Marys arrive at the tomb of Christ to find him gone. The angel is seen pointing into the tomb to further emphasize the fact of Christ's resurrection. On the left face of the capital, the figure of a sleeping guard is carved, while on the right the third Mary leans forward the better to see into the sepulchre...
...Christ in Glory" is depicted on the capital at the left of the doorway. Sitting within a mandorla supported by the four attributes of the apostles, the lion, ox, eagle, and angel, Christ raises both hands in benediction. The two apostles on the left face of the capital carry the resurrection cross, while the two disciples are on the right face...
...capital to the right of the large Madonna and Child statue, represents on its principal face the angel appearing to Zacharias. The priest of the course of Abia is officiating at an altar covered with a cloth. In his right hand he holds a censer, in the left a book, but both objects are now much broken. Gabriel, with arms, stands before him. On the left face of the capital, Elizabeth, accompanied by a handmaiden or possibly a youth, is represented. On the right face, a genre scene representing the life about a mediaeval church is carved. The bell-ringer...
...brokerage house of deCoppet & Doremus is famed for other things than quick and accurate execution of customers' orders. Some of its partners' cultural adventures are as well-known as their business deals. Last week dapper Rowland Stebbins, Broadway's most successful stage "angel" for several seasons, announced he would put a stake back in Wall Street, become a special partner in deCoppet & Doremus,* his old firm. When he retired in 1929 to produce plays, Rowland Stebbins had been with the firm 23 years, twelve as a general partner. Before that he was an engineer until his cousin, the late Edward...