Word: banqueted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Officers. Charles Evans Hughes, U. S. Secretary of State, was named President of the Association but could not be present to make a speech of acceptance at a banquet that terminated the Convention. Secretary: William C. Coleman, Maryland. Treasurer : Frederick E. Wadhams, New York...
MacDonald's own party accuses the Prime Minister of being a Gladstonian Liberal instead of a Labor leader. They make much of his gold braid and his sword, and some of them charge him with liking better the amenities of the banquet table than the approval of a dingy hall full of workingmen." At York, he is reported as having said to his Labor audience : " 'They say I have fallen into bad habits. See that you don't. I should forget that I had a ceremonial suit, if I were not reminded of it by the press...
Then followed three days of hectic State formalities. The Italian King and Queen attended a State banquet, laid the inevitable wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, paid homage at the Cenotaph, were present at a State Ball given in their honor, visited the British Empire Exhibition, the Zoo, attended a great luncheon in the Guild Hall. At the Italian Embassy, the Italian Sovereign and his Consort gave a dinner to which the British King and Queen, members of the Royal Family, many Government and distinguished people were invited. They then departed amid volleys of British "Hip, Hip, Hurrahs...
Tomorrow, entertainments will be the order of the day. A parade in the morning will be followed by a boat trip to Peche Isle, and a banquet in the evening will conclude the final day of the convention...
...millionaires, who have bought $60,000,000 worth of British paintings and other art works since the War. Many connoisseurs look to the Government to stop the alarming export of English Art by some embargo similar to that in effect in Italy. But Premier MacDonald said (at the recent banquet of the National Gallery Centenary celebration) that private subscription was the only thing that could save English Art for England...