Word: fashioned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mayflower Hotel was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Dawes. They arrived about 10:00 P. M. The orchestra struck up El Capitan and they were escorted the length of the hall behind the colors. The Vice President went down the floor rapidly followed in a more leisurely fashion by Mrs. Dawes in white crepe with a silver train. Her dress was not low necked and it had short sleeves?since she does not approve of decollete. Mr. Dawes was in high spirits during the hour that they remained. Most of the Governors and members of the Cabinet were there...
...parables. Also the essence of an elaborate church service touches within its watchers the same chord which responds to climaxes behind the footlights. Of late years, the Theatre has drifted away from the color and the sounding mystery of ancient pageants in the playhouse. The Miracle revived the fashion; The Virgin of Bethulia attempts, in a less imposing manner, to continue the revival...
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...
...building lots. They began to develop it and, after a time, found that they had to have transit lines, that they would have to furnish transit themselves. So they opened negotiations with the Nickel Plate Railroad, which had a right of way that they wanted, and in somewhat fabulous fashion concluded the negotiations by purchasing the whole railway. They subsequently acquired control of the Toledo, St. Louis & Western (Clover Leaf), Lake Erie & Western and a number of smaller lines, which they consolidated with the Nickel Plate...
...week later, it ran no risks. It appeared with fashion plates and articles on its front page; on its second page were descriptions of churches and palaces of Rome and a list of addresses ("to be continued") from the telephone directory; the third page was devoted to children's pictures and tales; the last page, to cooking recipes...