Word: cloth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...into the swing of Russian experimentation. Play was called The Iron Flood. Spectators were kept waiting in the theatre's foyer until suddenly two actors dressed like soldiers went tearing through the crowd carrying water buckets. There upon doors opened into an auditorium domed with sky blue cloth. At one end was a large earthen mound. On it was camped a detachment of Russian soldiers, their women and children. On two sides were seats. "We spent four hours with the Red Army in the field- that was all," recalls Observer Houghton. "The wounded dragged themselves across your feet...
...Elgin, Ill. last week inmates of the State Hospital for the Insane gazed appreciatively at a newly completed 25-ft. mural showing other inmates weaving cloth. It was paid for with $2,000 of Government money, kept 14 WPArtists busy for four months. Their instructions were to use only the softest shades of primary colors, to "avoid all exciting combinations...
...entire plot of the present production is concerned with the machinations of a slippery clan of genteel racketeers. For the first three of the five scenes, however, the craft is coverered by the show, and the flattering challenge is issued to discern the infernal workings under the velvet cloth...
...George mounted England's Throne there was founded conveniently adjacent to Havana a country club which was the great enterprise of "Father Snare." Last week came his Silver Jubilee, celebrated with presentation of silver gifts amid silver-decked palms, with the stateliest ladies of Cuba in attendance wearing cloth-of-silver gowns. Cried the Island Republic's No. 1 lawyer, silver-tongued young Dr. Mario Lazo: "Of course this Country Club of Havana is not the most important of the difficult things Mr. Snare has founded here. The most important thing is the spirit of understanding and affection...
...like Bonwit Teller's and Saks Fifth Avenue. In these Magnin's sells dresses as low as $22.75. But prices in general are near the top. Highest price ever paid for Magnin's ready-to-wear apparel was $1,500 for a dyed ermine suit with cloth-of-gold blouse, bought by cinemactress Claire Windsor in 1925. Magnin's will take only lines that it can handle exclusively in its territory. One of its West Coast exclusives is Hattie Carnegie gowns. Magnin keeps a buyer in Paris to watch styles, purchase creations by Lanvin, Vionnet, Patou...