Word: hatting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Upshots were that: 1) the Journal of the United Mine Workers announced "everyone knows that the Daughters of the American Revolution is an aristocratic high-hat institution whose members parade around like peafowls in silks and sealskins and imagine themselves the elect of the human race;" 2) catty whispers around D. A. R. headquarters intimated that one experience with miners had proved that the spittoon equipment of Constitution Hall was entirely inadequate; 3) the miners, 2,000 strong last week trooped through the dingy entrance of the old Rialto Theatre to attend their big meeting...
...club sandwich is what it says, waiter. My, that was a pretty piece of femininity stepping down the aisle between the tables. He had not realized how long it was since he'd laid eyes on a beautiful girl. The tailored suit, the soft grey hat covering the source of a wave of yellow curls, were stunning. Oh, too bad, she'd stalked right by and sat down at another table. Well, he'd soon be in New York. Never mind...
Many modern artists hold on to the past as a man holds his hat in a roller coaster. Manhattan's Whitney Museum upholds U. S. tradition but it has distinguished itself for doing so gracefully...
...Smithsonian announced that it had received helpful testimony from Sir Flinders Petrie, the British archeologist who has done more than any other man alive to recreate the ancient civilization of Egypt. Sir Flinders, 84, describes himself as "quite sound and normal." At 20, he wore a size 6½ hat. At 30, size 7 to 7½. At 40, size 7¼. At 50, size 7½. After he was 60 no standard size would...
Last week Justice Oscar M. Fritz, who with four of his colleagues on the seven-man Court was appointed by Conservative Governor Walter Kohler, handed down a unanimous decision that knocked ingenious WDA into a cocked hat. The court ruled: "The proper performance of the duties and functions delegated to the WDA necessitates the exercise of discretion and responsibility incidental to the Governmental power. . . . [It] cannot legally be delegated otherwise than to public officers...