Word: furs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...total investment in the hat business of about $100,000,000. Some 300 factories in this country make hats, and 96 of them specialize in straws. Annual output is valued at $116,000,000, consisting of $32,500,000 worth of straw hats, $75,000,000 of "fur felt" hats and $8,500,000 of "wool felt" hats...
Saturday evening in the White House finds the President, his mouth full of pins, poring over old Fashion Books "Just a touch of lace at the throat," he suggests to Mrs. Coolidge, "white fur wristlets to go with your hat, and a small cretonne bustle in the back would add distinction to the ensemble. But, oh Grace, where did you get that scrumptions scarl...
...stay-at-homes turned out in pyjamas and fur-coats to view the "Greatest Show on Earth." Most if not all of them were disappointed. In the first place the one per cent of the sun that was visible at 9.17 o'clock shed as much light as Boston is accustomed to on a cloudy day: in the second place the sun was partially eclipsed by clouds any-how at the moment of greatest eclipse by the moon. Most of Harvard remained indifferent to the phenomenon...
...night of Feb. 7 that Tschoudnovsky, accompanied by Red soldiers, went to the prison to inform the captives of their immediate execution. Admiral Kolchak was in his cell, fully dressed under a fur coat, and wearing a Cossack hat. He was expecting rescue at the hands of White forces under General Kappel, who was not far distant...
...fur coat of a wealthy Babbitt...