Word: collar
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Elsa Maxwell, rich California socialite who lives in Paris and entertains amusingly on her visits to Manhattan, gave her annual Manhattan costume ball. The invitations bade 350 guests come dressed as their "opposites." Miss Maxwell rigged herself in pantaloons and high stiff collar as Herbert Hoover. Actress Ina Claire went as Episcopal Bishop William Thomas Manning, her escort was disguised as the Bishop's current antagonist, ex-Judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey (TIME, Dec. 15). Dancer Adele Astaire thought she was the opposite of an angel. Lady Ribblesdale went as Charlie Chaplin, Banker Mortimer Schiff as Oscar Wilde. Two socialite matrons...
When Margot Einstein was married to Dr. Dimitri Marianov at a Berlin registry office, her father, Physicist Albert Einstein, said that he would attend the ceremony if it could take place in 30 min. He attended in celluloid collar, battered hat, aged raincoat. Impatient when the nuptials took 60 min., he vigorously protested against being photographed. Then he hustled back to his soundproof study. Said his wife: "It was a case of love at first sight with our daughter. Dr. Marianov came to our house several months ago, and from that moment Margot's heart was lost. We think...
...Frederic (Irene Castle) McLaughlin, onetime dancer, animal lover,*was thrown, suffered a broken collar bone when her hunter stumbled into a hole as he approached a jump west of Lake Forest...
Throughout the interview, Green discussed the demoralization of the textile industry, child labor legislation, business depression, the lack of organization of "white-collar" workers, and union racketeering in Chicago, and emphasized that the aim of the unions is cooperation--not domination in industry...
...final goal, is one of the planks of the Federation's platform. The text of the proposed law will be so prepared as to apply only to industry, not to the farm or home. Another aim of the Federation is to unionize wherever possible the white-collar workers--stenographers, book-keepers, and accountants. Green told of the union's never-ending fight for higher wages and better living conditions, and also outlined a national 48-hour law which would equalize industries throughout the United States, yet permit the payment of varying wages to suit the conditions and caliber of workers...