Word: corduroyed
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...happened last week that the Bolshevik Ambassador Leonid Krassin gave a dinner at the Russian Embassy for his colleague, M. Herbette, French Ambassador-designate to Russia. M. Herbette pondered long over his dress. Should it be corduroy pants, a flannel shirt and a shoddy coat? Or the capitalistic regalia of full evening dress? Inquiries, discreetly made, revealed that the sombre black and white of evening dress would be worn. But still, the reception and dinner would be a simple affair, for the Bolsheviki are noted for their Spartan simplicity...
...might be, and as we believe it soon will be if present tendencies continue. Unfortunately the plane from which it has to start is lower than most people know or like to think about. While it is true that the College has advanced far from the old corduroy- trouser-dirty-sweatshirt days much of the old indifference to matters not essentially material remains; and it is against this that The Arts is forced to contend. It is to the lasting credit of the few brave souls who have kept up the fight in the past few years, even though discouragingly...
...dredging out the river-bed for the Cambridge pier of the new Stadium bridge, the workmen have come upon an old corduroy road, which probably served as the first bridge across the river in this vicinity. The road is remarkably well preserved, and the timber beyond being thoroughly watersoaked is otherwise in first-class condition. The logs extend down into the ground to a depth of twenty feet below the present river...
TWENTY COMFORTABLE DOLLARS.- That hard working army of women who comprise the fraternity known as "Christmas Shoppers," will miss a great deal this year if they overlook the rarest offer of the Holiday Season, which is described in another column. Think of a Morris Chair, upholstered in Empire corduroy, at only $20! Paine's Furniture Co. is the house which offers this remarkable bargain...
TWENTY COMFORTABLE DOLLARS.- That hard working army of women who comprise the fraternity known as "Christmas Shoppers," will miss a great deal this year if they overlook the rarest offer of the Holiday Season, which is described in another column. Think of a Morris Chair, upholstered in Empire corduroy, at only $20! Paine's Furniture Co. is the house which offers this remarkable bargain...