Word: lacing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wisely unquoted in the book though it is accepted by a Manhattan publisher, in whose office Eden meets Alayne Archer. When he takes her back to Jalna, sweet old Adeline pats her "with a hand not so much caressing as appraising. She raised her heavy red eyebrows to the lace edging of her cap and commented with an arch grin: 'A bonny body. Well covered but not too plump. Slender, but not skinny. Meg's too plump. Pheasant's skinny. You're just right for a bride. Eh, my dear, but if I was a young...
...With Mrs. Walker, who was dressed in a long, black gown and lace mantilla, the Mayor was received by Pope Pius XI at Rome. The Mayor soon emerged from his private audience and said to reporters: "The Holy Father put me at my ease at once. He treated me as if he were my father indeed. He rested his elbow on the large table between us and spoke to me in soft paternal tones. So I rested my elbow on the table also and answered without fear or re-straint." The truth of the Mayor's description became more...
This unfortunate woman who sits in the sideshow of Ringling Brothers "between Fat Lady and Armless Wonder" and "affects white lace hats, woolen mittens and high laced shoes" has a story which is far from mirth-provoking. Could it have been written up for you by O. Henry, it would have provoked tears rather than laughter. The facts are as follows...
...that the shrew has been tamed to the satisfaction of Brattle Hall audiences and Shakespeare has laid away his saxophone in lavender and old lace, those interested may pause to inquire--just what is the destination of the Harvard Dramatic Club? As the sole survivor of non-musical theatricals in the University it has enviable opportunities to create for itself a public which shall honor it as the last remnant of a rich tradition. But those opportunities have yet to be fulfilled in accordance with their merits...
...heyday she won many a "quid" (pound Sterling) in British ugly matches; traveled thousands of miles with the Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey circus, in whose sideshow she sat between Carrie Holt, "fat, fair and frivolous," and the Armless Wonder. Four times a mother, Mrs. Bevan used to affect white lace hats, woolen mittens, high laced shoes...