Word: collar
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When he came out again, Senator Fess looked overheated. His eyes danced and his collar looked too big for him. The merest cub of a White House newsgatherer could have seen that something had happened, that Senator Fess had something more than usual to say. He was, in fact, going to reproduce for the newsgatherers the conversation he had just had with President Coolidge...
...marts of fashion and bought $1,000 worth of gowns. The sales persons described her taste not merely as "suitable" but with the more glowing adjectives "smart," "gay," "distinguished." ¶ President and Mrs. Coolidge, the latter in emerald green chiffon and a white satin wrap with white furry collar, helped make the opening of the new Fox Cinema Theatre, largest in town, a gala affair by attending. Legislators and diplomats aplenty were in the house, but what most pleased President William Fox of the Fox Film Corporation and impressario Samuel Lionel Rothafel was the President's demonstrative enjoyment...
...Harriman, J. C. Cowdin, U. S. International team substitute, and L. E. Stoddard, former Internationalist. Injury robbed Britain of a better chance. Leading in the third period, 2-1, they lost their strong No. 1, Captain Richard George, when his pony tripped, fell, rolled on him, broke his collar bone...
...clothing that clergymen affect. Said he: "I feel like flinging a brick at a reporter when he refers to me as a 'gentleman of the cloth.' A preacher should dress and act so that no one suspects he is a minister and should avoid the 'Belasco collar...
...David Belasco, theatrical producer, affects the priestly collar and garb. He was born a Jew; was educated by a Catholic priest; belongs to the Jewish Theatrical Guild, the Central Synagogue (Manhattan), and the Episcopal Actors Guild...