Word: lanterns
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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William S. Hart, lantern-jawed hero of the pioneer horse-operas, battled three grass and timber fires that nearly destroyed his 300-acre ranch in Newhall, Calif. Outbuildings, some 3,000 trees, and all the grass on the land were burned...
Died. Casper Warren Briggs, 96, pioneer maker and distributor of magic-lantern slides; in Atlantic City. His "slip slide," showing figures that moved across a background, was one of the earliest forms of the motion picture...
...Lantern in hand, he stepped into the pitch-black barnyard, his breath frosted...
Though nearly $20,000,000 has been spent since its cornerstone was laid in 1892, St. John's is still far from finished. Some $10,000,000 must still be raised for the transepts, crossing dome (which will soar 241 ft. from floor to lantern), central and west towers. Not until then will the original Romanesque plan of the cathedral, changed to Gothic in 1911 by Ralph Adams Cram, be completely hidden. But for a cathedral 49-year-old St. John's has made rapid progress-most of it since Bishop William Thomas Manning assumed office...
...chandelier is 16th century Spanish wrought iron, like the crane supporting the lantern over the front door. Seven thousand Delft tiles bearing pictures of windmills and Dutch barmaids completely cover the walls of the Sanctum Lobby. No two of these are alike, the Poonsters are told. Not all of the relics are imported, however. The walls are littered with drawings by F. G. Attwood, James Montgomery Flagg, Gluyas Williams, Larz Anderson, and other ex-editors. Their carved signatures may be read in the oaken dining table...