Word: cheesecloth
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...would actually endanger the war effort and suppression solely because the criticism is embarrassing or inconvenient to some public group is admittedly difficult to draw. But it must be drawn with as much care as the line determining the freedom of the press, of speech, and of assembly. Holding cheesecloth over the mouth of radio commentators could very conceivably lead to the complete cutting off of all "derogatory opposition," first to the war in general, then to the particular military strategy of the day, and finally to any disagreements with a specific domestic policy...
...architects wanted its walls decorated with the usual classical allegory. A special adviser to the State and Treasury Departments named Edward Bruce objected. A capable Manhattan lawyer who retired in 1922 to become a capable artist, he stormed: "I don't want any pictures of ladies in cheesecloth clutching letters and postcards to go into that building...
Before long Edward Bruce's good friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, had him heading a newly created Section of Fine Arts, charged with supervising such decoration. Very few ladies in cheesecloth have found their way into Federal buildings since. The sort of art which has replaced them was amply demonstrated last week by a 456-item show in Washington's Corcoran Gallery, celebrating the Section of Fine Arts' fifth anniversary...
Died. (Thomas) Gilbert White, 61, famed, long-maned U. S. expatriate muralist, brother of Novelist Stewart Edward White and Violinist Roderick White; after an intestinal operation; in Paris. Four years ago Henry Wallace tried to have one of Painter White's murals (once called "Ladies in Cheesecloth") removed from the Department of Agriculture Building, failed, thereupon attached to the bottom a small plate: "Approved in 1932 by Andrew W. Mellon and Arthur Hyde...
...compared with the Baptist and the Methodist churches, the Episcopal Church does not go in much for the sort of homely activity represented by religious plays or pageants. The typical Episcopal vestryman, often a banker or substantial businessman, would feel queer in the false beard and cheesecloth garment which a small-town Presbyterian may wear with pleasure. Doubly notable, therefore, was an Episcopal pageant put on last week in Philadelphia's big Convention Hall-biggest show ever performed by U. S. Episcopalians, and designed to quicken Episcopal interest in missions. It was called The Drama of Missions to Spread...