Word: bouquet
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Miss Woodbury, Helen Whitney Bourne as Miss Mitt Neck, Mrs. George Hepburn as Miss Locust Valley, Mrs. Jay Carlisle Jr. as Miss East Islip. The young women first paraded before the judges in evening dress, then in bathing suits. Selected as Miss Nassau County and presented with banner, cup, bouquet of ferns was demure, dark-haired Margaret Stevenson, 17, daughter of Philip Stevenson of Glen Cove, niece of Poloist Malcolm ("Mike") Stevenson. Said Father Stevenson: "I take great pride. . . . It's like showing a winning horse...
Princess Ingrid wore no jewels. On her head was a small wreath of myrtle. She wore the lace and carefully preserved orange blossoms that her mother had worn at her own wedding 30 years ago. Her bouquet was a small bunch of lilies of the valley. Sober Crown Prince Frederick wore the blue-black uniform of a Danish naval officer with a blue sash. To the chancel rail came lantern-jawed Archbishop Erling Eidem, and after him the Princess repeated...
...nothing but strained tomato juice, the Weeks crew entered the race overtrained. After trailing all the way they were apparently allowed to slip across the line first. Not to be outdone in courtesy, the victors gallantly donated their shirts to the losers and accompanied the gift with a bouquet of roses. Tea was served after the race...
...eager pupils and taught them the great oratorio measure by measure. When her festivals were 27 years old the great Lillian Nordica was a soloist and in Lindsborg that occasion has become legendary. The enchanted choristers pulled her carriage through the streets, received in return roses from her bouquet. One youth planted his bloom and it managed to take root, yielded for years the "Nordica rose." In Lindsborg Nordica roses are pressed in memory books, in massive family Bibles. In Manhattan Lillian Nordica seemed all but forgotten last week when many of her most valuable household possessions were sold...
...years thereafter, with nis own Damrosch Opera Company and with the New York Symphony which played in scores of towns where great orchestral music was completely unknown. While still in his 20's the young conductor learned the value of diplomacy, the power of a bouquet. He kept peace among his jealous singers. He made friends with Andrew Carnegie who built Manhattan's big concert hall. When visiting Carnegie in Scotland he met Maine's James G. Elaine and soon after married Elaine's Daughter Margaret...