Word: hat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first query was naturally: "What about the high hat?" to which Mr. Lewis gave a long and interesting explanation. It seems that 17 years ago while playing at the famous Rector's cafe on Broadway he became engaged in a friendly "crap" game with a little colored cabby who was an institution around the place, and in the course of the evening won from the latter his most prized possession, a shiny silk topper. That night Lewis wore the hat during his performance at Rector's--probably for laughs--and it caused so much comment that he's worn...
...jobs, while they might be shining examples, are ot Mrs. Reid's sole interest. Keenly attentive was she to a Conference speaker who dealt with the whole army of U. S. women workers, which has mounted from 5,320,000 at the Century's turn to double hat size today. Equally significant was he swelling proportion of professionals in the ranks: 9% in 1910, 40% in 1930. But woman's place in business and industry is not helped by the fact that the number of women in jobs is today greater than the number...
Loew's State: "Outcast Lady" and "Have a Heart"--The first picture stars Constance Bennett, Herbert Marshall, Hugh Williams, and Ralph Forbes. The story is taken from the popular novel "The Green Hat". The second picture includes Jean Parker, James Dunn, Una Merkel, and Stuart Erwin in the cast...
...great-granddaddy went to Harvard and you want to know if he attended chapel as he was required to do, if he attended all his classes, if he was fined for using profane language, if he failed to raise his hat when passing his professor, or any other question that no one else can answer, the answer will be found in the records of the University archives which are down in the depths of Widener...
...become the treasurer of the University in the post-Revolutionary period, and who was to have the task of straightening the accounts left by John Hancock whom he succeeded, we find a long list of the rules for Freshmen. The beginner should not wear his hat in the Yard "except it rains, halls, or snows, or be on horseback or have both hands full." Furthermore, he must pull his hat off when passing his tutor, and he could not be saucy to his Seniors, laugh in his Seniors' face, loittor when sent on errands, and after some...