Word: fur
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Pasha (TIME, Jan. 21), Minister from Egypt, presenting his credentials. ¶ Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge attended a reception of the Congressional Club in their honor to the usual fanfare of trumpets and Hail to the Chief by the Marine Band. Mrs. Coolidge wore cloth of silver trimmed with chinchilla fur, a silver chain about her neck, no other jewelry. House guests at the Executive mansion included Howard Chandler Christy (who is painting a portrait of the President) and Mrs. Christy, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns, William M. Butler, the President's campaign manager, Mrs. Butler and their...
...much could not be said of the galleries, crowded with "official ladies." There was Mrs. Coolidge in henna-colored dress and hat, with a coat of cocoa-colored velour, trimmed with fur. In another part was Mrs. Wood-row Wilson, gowned in black, with orchids at her waist. There were wives of seven or eight members of the Cabinet; also Miss Ailsa Mellon, representing her father. There was Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, wife of the Republican Floor Leader...
...other candidates have wealthy friends or relatives and several are themselves very wealthy? Underwood, McAdoo, Pinchot, for example. But with Mr. Hitchcock in command Mr. Johnson's campaign should be notable for the flying of fur and money, wherever it can advantageously and quietly be spent...
...entertainment. The story reveals the Squire of Don Quixote in process of ruling the fanciful city of Barataria. Thus are the satire and the politics neatly wrapped and delivered. The slapstick falls chiefly to the lot of one Robert Rossire, who muffles his true being in the folds and fur of Dapple, Sancho's mule. While Mr. Skinner 'dominated the proceedings, Dapple was responsible for the most engaging drolleries. The most significant features of the production were the spectacular settings and direction for which Richard Boleslawsky, an alumnus of the Moscow Art Theatre, was presumably responsible. He fractured a number...
Brown: one gentleman's fur coat, one ladies' coat, one field glass case, six coat belts, and one steamer...