Word: fane
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Edwards Huntington (TIME, Nov. 8). Sir Joseph was visiting Maecenas Huntington. When he left (for Manhattan, where his chief gallery is located), announcement was gently allowed to be made that Maecenas Huntington had acquired of Sir Joseph three more 18th Century British portraits-a Gainsborough ("The Hon. Mrs. Henry Fane"), a Reynolds ("The Hon. Lavinia Bingham, Countess Spencer"), a Romney ("Lady Hamilton"). Which Lady Hamilton portrait by Romney was not specified (Romney did 30 of this his onetime mistress, who left him to occupy the same position with Lord Nelson) ; but the U. S., some day to be public sharer...
Last week preliminary plans were announced for a colossal new fane to rise on Riverside Drive at the corner of W. 122nd St. A fortnight ago the preacher was in Europe with his family. He left them there to inspect those plans in Manhattan (TIME, Feb. 15). He approved the plans; hurried back to Europe last week...
Worldlings naturally began comparing the cost of this Baptist fane with that of others. The Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine, going up piecemeal since 1891 on 112th St. near Morningside Park, Manhattan, will cost about $25,000,000. But it is a cathedral. The Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest at Fifth Avenue and 90th St. will cost about $3,000,000 and will rank next in expense to this new one of Dr. Fosdick...
...hymn was sung through four times -had followed the crucifer up the aisle, while outside on Fifth Ave. motor horns blared interrogatively, and ladies on their way out to luncheon found their cars blocked by a crowd of the curious, who lingered about the steps of the old limestone fane kept in order by a cordon of special policemen...
...death-struck town, Fane went about his work, spoke little to his wife. She decided that he had brought her there to die. She showed her scornful acquiescence to this design by helping herself one evening to salad. He followed suit. Every night after that they sat facing each other, munched the lethal lettuce...