Word: goldenly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Statesmen of all the Americas journeyed last week to La Habana, the ancient, the rich and golden, the fair and queenly Cuban city of 500,000 souls. Last week she became again what the Spanish conquerors called her, La Llave del Nuevo Mundo "The Key of the New World." Down narrow streets, through which once swaggered the conquistadors, modern statesmen strolled with ingratiating mien, at that same Palace in La Habana from which lorded "Captains General" in the proud name of Spain, there stopped last week, briefly and peaceably, Calvin Coolidge, El Presidente De Los Estados Unidos. The Pan-American...
...wished to call upon "The Prisoner of the Vatican," and no caller is received who comes directly from official premises of the Italian State, the hypothetical "jailer" of His Holiness. Amir Amanullah, although a Mohammedan, accepted amid pomp from the Beatissimus Pater, Pius XI, the "Order of the Golden Spur...
Jeritza whose turbulent, golden, hot-blooded loveliness has always been a notable attraction for the truly discerning connoisseur of grand opera, perhaps failed to personify the sudden, mercurial, fate-defeated Carmen. Critics could not forget that she was more Czech than Spanish, that her French was bad, that she was unfaithful to detail, that the "Habanera" should never have been sung from a wheelbarrow nor the "Sequidilla" from the garrison table. They postponed their verdict. But the mass of the audience perceiving these aesthetic errors, clapped and cheered after every act. After the last, they tossed their roses...
...occur until they have asked, "Is it genuine?" Last week such connoisseurs took note, with panic or delight, of a controversy which concerned a painting called The Guitar Player, executed long ago by famed Jan Vermeer der Delft; a painting of a young girl seated in a diffused golden light, her fingers quiet upon silent strings. One Guitar Player was bought in London in 1896 by John G. Johnson and has reposed, since his death, with the rest of his collection in his Philadelphia house. Last week, British connoisseurs who viewed the collection of Lord Iveagh, shown to the public...
...musician touched the strings of the golden harp which was decorated with lapis lazuli shells. A dozen young ladies of the harem lay on their backs in two parallel rows; they were dressed alike, with fascinating headbands, large earrings of gold, veils held in place by slender copper pins. Guardsmen stood at attention. In the offing was the great king's chariot, drawn by two asses. Grooms held the reins; another flunky was in attendance. Gaming boards with dice, copper bowls, tumblers, and other diversions awaited His Majesty. But he was nowhere to be seen. It did not matter...