Word: cutaways
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...austerity for the moment at least. Some pickets at the Savoy Hotel obligingly effaced themselves when the bride turned up there for a reception. Despite royal permission that business suits be worn by gentlemen at the ceremony, wedding guests were swamping famed Moss Bros. with orders for rented cutaway coats and striped trousers at two guineas each, with a shining topper thrown in gratis. To everybody's relief, the King announced that the Household Cavalry would not wear khaki when escorting the bride to the Abbey, but would appear in all their full-dress glory: scarlet and blue uniforms...
Hughes' first plans called for a formal gathering at dawn. He had even cached a stock of brandy to entertain his cutaway-adorned guests. However, the austere aspects of the London affair made a less formal gathering imperative to good taste...
...niceties of diplomacy were not entirely ignored. President Bierut held a formal reception (the invitations specified le cutaway). Britain's Cavendish-Bentinck and the U.S.'s Lane (in a dark business suit) showed up, shook Bierut's hand, drank his health, sat for an hour at a big round table and exchanged pleasantries with Bierut, Berman and others of the ruling clique. There was no hint of tension or mention of terror. Explained a Pole: "Everyone was extremely cordial and polite; after all, we are all gentlemen...
...around Washington, no one was busier than O. Max Gardner. He had to wind up his job as Under Secretary of the Treasury and get off to England. He had to go to the tailor's. He was glad to discover that he could still fit into the cutaway and striped pants which he had worn for his inaugural as governor of North Carolina 17 years ago. With his wife, he left in high fettle to spend Christmas at their home in Shelby, N.C. Next month he would leave for London, to become the new American...
...Cutaway. The conspiracy of fate seemed to dog the President on the most routine of matters. Shortly before the traditional White House call last week by the Justices of the Supreme Court, Harry Truman was listening to the broadcast of the deciding World Series game. Someone called attention to his business suit, and remarked that the Justices would soon arrive, in formal attire. Harry Truman dashed upstairs to change into striped trousers and a cutaway coat. But at the reception, the only person in full formal dress was Harry Truman. (Justice Jackson had put on striped trousers, but compromised with...