Word: coats
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Major General Davis (Adjutant General) asked army officers, in a questionnaire, for their views on proposals to substitute the roll coat collar for the tight fitting " choker " of present uniforms. Also, he requested statements of preference as to olive drab vs. black and white striped ties and opinions on the advisibility of adopting blue dress uniforms...
...William B. Kahn (operatic name, Frieda Hempel): " On returning to Manhattan from a concert tour I discovered that thieves had ransacked my apartment. They took my $15,000 chinchilla coat, all my initialed lingerie and all the flat silver. In addition they smoked many of Mr. Kahn's best cigars-but they missed 200 bottles of old wine...
...emphasizes the convenience of traveling with only one suitcase, and exclaims, "What a comfort it is to have no luggage!" As a matter of fact, only good manners prevent one from telling such a man that his explanation is a waste of time. To expect a rough travelling coat to appear to be, at the same time, entirely suitable for evening wear is an impractical illusion. Therefore, the man who has not the proper equipment with him when travelling, must choose between missing an adventure or going with clothes unsuited to the occasion. To go abroad for even a short...
...Hove Sound, the President missed a day's golfing because the course was out of condition. At Ormond Mrs. Harding made her first public appearance since her illness. At Palm Beach she walked a hundred yards to her automobile, unassisted. Meanwhile the President acquired a coat of tan and a much needed rest. He was as lighthearted "as on the day of his election...
President Harding's coat...