Word: hat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...venison, flapjacks and trout that the lodge grew into an immense rambling structure with 216 rooms. It had such guests as Phineas Taylor Barnum, Mark Twain, Grover Cleveland, Edward H. Harriman. When Paul Smith, an alert, erect oldster of 87 with snowy hair, a Vandyke beard and broad-brimmed hat, died in 1912 he left his three sons the largest estate in Franklin County...
...spirit of Humor is not entirely dead in the Yard. One daring fellow last evening placed his pal's derby on the pavement and full of evil glee hid himself behind a tree. Soon a nice, bespectacled, becaned, bespatted gentleman came along, picked up the hat and returned to the prankster who showed the polite gratitude the occasion deserved. Having replaced the headgear, the daring fellow turned to light a cigarette. On looking again a moment later the hat had disappeared. And that ended that for another year...
...been definitely decided whether the "Oxford Pledge" will be an integral part of the strike's platform. At the same time, numerous sidelines are under tentative consideration, such as food fasts, and the sale to those attending the strike of white feathers suitable for wearing in the hat...
...seasons, the Metropolitan Opera Association has come to Boston for one week of grand opera. Previous successes have induced the Association to remain here for ten days this year, presenting a total of twelve performances. This evening is the opening night and it is expected that many a top hat is being dusted off for the occasion, and many a tiara removed from its safe deposit...
...waited in the lobby of the apartment house where Justice Van Devanter lives. When Mr. Van Devanter came down accompanied by his two elderly sisters, the photographers cut loose. Incensed because they had not asked his permission (which on other occasions he has frequently given) the Justice held his hat before his face, rushed one cameraman and then gripped him by the arm while delivering a lecture on the discourtesy of unannounced snapshooting. He pushed another of the photographers out the door. There was the evening when Alumnus Charles Evans Hughes, '81, attended a Brown University alumni dinner...