Word: cornelias
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...writings of the modern apostle of moderation, Stuart P. Sherman. His happy philosophy sees in the new order of life a perfectly natural reaction against the complacency of the old regime which led to that inverted climax; the greatest war in history. In his essays, such as "My Dear Cornelia" there is a sanity and a sense of proportion lacking in the more radical novelists. Mr. Sherman shows considerable ability in distinguishing highways from byways...
Married. Mrs. Edith Dresser Vanderbilt, 51, widow of George Washington Vanderbilt, to wealthy, aristocratic Peter Goelet Gerry, 46, senior U. S. Senator from Rhode Island. She was given in marriage in London by the Hon. John F. A. Cecil, husband of her daughter Cornelia...
Officers. The Association had, according to custom, to choose a lady successor to President Newlon. There were two candidates (and rumors of electioneering). Each candidate made a speech. Miss Cornelia S. Adair, grade teacher of Richmond, Va., said she did not see how you could do your duty by your children if you did not take part in community affairs. Miss Mary McSkimmon, principal of Pierce High School, Brookline, Mass., said: "The great opportunity before education today is to apply the new understanding of childhood to teaching." Miss McSkimmon got elected...
Hobbies. Leisure, fast becoming a surplus commodity, must be consumed. A plan: invite owners of hobbies to demonstrate them to school children.-Mrs. Cornelia James Cannon, Cambridge, Mass...
Born. To John F. A. Cecil and Mrs. Cecil (Cornelia Vanderbilt), a son, George Henry Vanderbilt (eight and one-half pounds); in Asheville, N. C. Children of tenants of Biltmore House (Mrs. Cecil's estate) gathered in English fashion to greet the hear, presented him with a toy stork, a woolly...