Word: bouquets
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...young columnist from Bucksnort who likes to write about the joys of bachelorhood, was seated at dinner next to Spinster Edith Berryman (pen name: Mary Ann Jones), with whom for two years he has carried on a feud about a tax on bachelors, suggested by Spinster Berryman. A bridal bouquet was awarded to Miss Berryman (laughter and applause), a sewing basket to Bachelor Hines...
...Rising Chorus. The Chicago Tribune'?, New York correspondent, imperturbable William Fulton, collected an impressive bouquet of scallions thrown at isolationists by former Diplomat Nicholas Roosevelt; Right Rev. William Lawrence, Episcopal bishop emeritus of Massachusetts; Colonel John Stilwell, president, National Safety Council; Frederic R. Coudert, Lawrence Hunt, Henry Breckinridge, lawyers; Episcopal Bishop William T. Manning, New York; Anne Morgan, sister of J. P. Morgan. Miss Morgan said dryly: "Americans must get away from that terrible word 'security...
...scored her first beat last November when Princess Alexandra Kropotkin turned up in Indianapolis. Other newsmen had been warned that the Princess did not care to be interviewed. But Sue, on her father's advice, sent Princess Kropotkin an immense bouquet of orchids, then called at her hotel and asked for an interview...
...early morning last week, a white-bearded old gentleman in a high-crowned derby thumped briskly along Massachusetts Avenue. Most of his Washington neighbors were still asleep, so he was surprised when he met eleven-year-old Helen Chapin, who curtsied, held out a bouquet, said: "Happy birthday." The old gentleman beamed as he took the flowers. It was indeed Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes's birthday: his 78th...
Governor Homer Adams Holt of West Virginia, faint kin to U. S. Senator Rush Holt, donned old lace and a veil, clutched a large bouquet in a Charleston Junior League revue called Dream of a Clown. Flower girls to His Excellency's bride were former Governor Herman Guy Kump and Walter Eli Clark, Charleston publisher and onetime Governor of Alaska...