Word: carator
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...Golden Rose has rarely consisted of a single rose. The one given to Queen Elizabeth has 19 buds and full-blown blossoms, and 290 leaves. Petals and leaves the Pope's cunning goldsmiths have beaten out of 22-carat gold, just as some 400 years ago self-righteous, scapegrace Goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini beat out ingenious knicknacks for Giulio de' Medici (Pope Clement VII). These smiths have tinted lightly the petals of this Rose with pink, the leaves with green, so that the spray glistens with a heart-stopping iridescence of varied movement and light. To aid verisimilitude the spray contains...
...ceramics and gems, says that synthetic jewels of as good practical and esthetic value as the natural gems are now being made in quantity. Artificial rubies and sapphires of various colors are made from alumina, by the addition of varying chromic or ferric oxides. They sell at $2.00 a carat...
...Chateau Historique" is a comedy in three acts. Marguerite Baudoin, the heroine, after reading some novels by Paul Carat, discovers a strong attraction to him. She writes his publishers for a portrait of him, which arrives while her husband's best friend, Caude Barrois, is showing him some pictures of a trip. The husband exchanges it for one or Barrois and introduces the latter as Coudray in order to depreciate his character. His success is interrupted by the arrival of Marguerite's brother, Ludovic, who knows Coudray well. Marguerite shows him the picture and he discovers the trick. He, however...
...clubs. As all singing was prohibited in order that voices might be kept as fresh as possible for the strain about to be put upon them, the men turned to whist to pass the time. A basket luncheon was served at Springfield. One man who was in the smoking carat the time did not receive his basket and was compelled to go hungry until evening...