Word: dressing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Labor government. So strenuous were "Saint Maggie's" hours when she worked in a draper's shop as a young girl that only once a week could she take a bath, running three-quarters of a mile to a public bath, where she had to bathe and dress in 15 minutes...
John David, New York chain store clothier, laid the cornerstone of gala headquarters last week, gave dress prophecies. He envisioned men bare-legged from ankle to knee, wearing roomy shorts instead of trousers, porous and mesh materials, vivid sandals, formal attire of silk or satin knee breeches, cutaway coat, colored waistcoat, buckled shoes...
...Irene Castle Mclaughlin of Chicago, onetime arbiter (dress, dancing, hair, gait), became last week a special police officer-"So I can protect dogs and other dumb animals and see that the law is enforced regarding their treatment...
...heavenly kingdom, such mundane things as state receptions and banquets are in order at the Vatican. Last week Pietro Cardinal Gasparri, beetle-browed secretary of the Papal State, signalized the new era with his first diplomatic luncheon. Gathered in stately Vestments Hall were 60 ambassadors and ministers in full dress, wearing swords and decorations. Present too were white-ruffled, silk-stockinged Papal chamberlains, noble guards, Officers of the Swiss Guard and Papal Grenadiers. Never before had such a great gathering been seen at a Vatican function. The menu at what pious Italians have come to call Peter's Table...
...snob. You will find it is just as easy to marry the boss' daughter as the stenographer. Dress, speak and act like a gentleman and you will be surprised at the amount of murder you can get away with. Never buy a suit of clothes unless you can get an extra pair of trousers. Keep one suit of clothes pressed every week. Never buy shoes unless you buy shoe trees for them. Keep them shined, shave yourself and never wear the same collar at night which you wear...