Word: hughes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...presence in this country of Her Majesty, the Queen of Rumania, is indeed a happy expression of that friendship and mutual consideration Existing between Rumania and the United States." ¶ An oil painting of the U. S. fleet entering Sydney harbor in 1925 was the gift brought by Sir Hugh Robert Denison, new Australian Commissioner to the U. S., when he was officially presented to President Coolidge. ¶ A four-inch dagger attached to a chain which may be worn around the neck, a weapon which Finns use to defend themselves against highway robbers, was the gift of Paavo Nurmi...
...came up to Cook county (Chicago) with a lead of 150,000; met George E. ("Boss") Brennan, Democratic Wet, to whom Cook County had given a plurality of 80,000. In New York State the Democratic city can swing the state, but not in Illinois. The Independent Republican crusader, Hugh S. Magill, ran a poor third...
...Lonsdale's genius for smart repartee dialogue finds many a brilliant opportunity in a play with only four characters. Mrs. Wislack (Violet Kemble Cooper), widow, will experiment for one month with the temperament of mild Richard Halton (Wallace Eddinger) before risking another matrimonial venture. The Duke of Bristol (Hugh Wakefield) is more of an opportunist. He sets his suave cap for immediate acquisition of Helen Hayle (Kathlene MacDonell), heiress and best friend of the canny widow. After a skirmish of wits, with no insults barred, provided only that they be smooth-edged as befits Mrs. Wislack's Scottish...
...Newbery medal was awarded to Author Hendrik Willem Van Loon for his Story of Mankind. The next year Author Hugh Lofting's Dr. Dolittle stories were honored. Then Author Charles Boardman Hawes produced The Dark Frigate. In 1924, much-traveled Author Charles Joseph Finger published Tales From Silver Lands and won the prize...
NUMBER FOUR JOY STREET-Appleton ($2.50). Only experts are allowed to work on Joy Street- such writers as Walter de la Mare, Lord Dunsany, Rose Fyleman, Hilaire Belloc, Compton Mackenzie, Laurence Housman, Hugh Chesterman. Mr. de la Mare's contribution concerns John Cobbler, a Wiltshire boy who was turned into a tench. Mr. Belloc, in verse, confesses himself a votary...