Word: caning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...royal wedding of the Duke of York was a dazzling affair, but even the pageantry of that occasion could not obscure the Prince of Wales. He stood out in the news stories amid organdie, crowns, and bishops' robes, impeccably but jauntily dressed, twirling a cane. He maintained an amused nonchalance despite the fact that one more "possibility" was walking down the aisle as an engaged bridesmaid...
...gold-headed cane in Amherst, Mass., the traditional possession of the oldest man in town. It makes a good story every time it gets handed down...
...school in Croydon (London), where teachers are striking against a 5% reduction in salary, the pupils declined to be taught by substitutes. The boys met one of these temporary masters in class with cries of" Blackleg!" When the master threatened to cane one boy, the whole class rushed him and he was forced to beat a hasty retreat. Jubilant over their victory, the boys then indulged in an orgy of "crashing" windows and desks, carrying their celebrations out into the yard. They were finally quelled by the police. The strike is said to be the first of its kind...
...have their own softs and lounge chairs in their boxes. This year, however, due to the small size of the boxes and the necessity of serving meals at Memorial on the day of the dance, the committee has found it necessary to replace the students' furniture with uniform cane-seated chairs. Each box will be given a small wooden table, a table cloth, and a sufficient number of chairs to seat the occupants...
...Pueblo lands, land-grants, and reservations" is the statement in its preamble, but outsiders have pronounced it a poorly disguised attempt to rob the Indians of what little land they have left. And this, in spite of the possession by each chieftain of the tribe of a silver-headed cane--a gift received by his predecessor from Abraham Lincoln as a guarantee of ownership, for ever and ever...