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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last summer the Directors of the Museum discovered in France a set of embroideries hitherto unknown and unpublished, probably done near Valencia in Spain around 1400, a period from which very few embroideries are in existence today. The large cross-shaped orphrey from the back of the chasuble represents the cruicified Christ; at the foot are the emblems of the Passion and a beautifully unified group composed of the Vigin, Saint John and Mary Magdalene. The wood of the cross is carried out in stitches following the grain, and the background is worked in threads of pure gold couched...
...Whispering Gallery. Those who frighten easily and enjoy it will probably find this mystery play more interesting than the recent average. It is frankly of the "I-wouldn't-spend-another-night-in- this-house-for-a-million-dollars" school, but it has its moments. The plot revolves around a house-party at a "haunted" country seat. Better acted, it would be more diverting, for it has comedy touches that might cover the holes in the construction if played with more subtlety. A. P. Kaye as a detective and Charles Warburton as the inevitable butler give thoroughgoing performances...
...Camerlynck into the English tongue. But I know what I always think when I hear my speeches translated into the French tongue, which is that it is a matter of most agreeable surprise to think that I have lapsed into such unusual felicity [laughter]. If all my colleagues around this table entertain the same views that I do-and I believe they do-they will thank me for setting myself up as their mouthpiece and giving to our friend Mr. Camerlynck our warmest tribute of thanks and admiration." Turning to the little Professor whom he had thus made the hero...
Last week in Providence, R. I., and in the half-dozen towns surrounding, the whisper softly passed around. In smart houses it caused slight comment. But in little houses where shirt-sleeved fathers read the papers every night by the centre table, the whisper was tense, freighted with excitement. "Elphege Daignault will repent. The neighbors told...
...work revolves around three major types of problems. First is the territorial situation. Many diverse theories have been advanced, and not a few are still current, concerning the coast lines of countries. We hope to evolve certain rules to which every nation will assent. Such standards should do much toward simplifying puzzling questions and thus should promote harmony in foreign relations...