Word: lapel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Majesty the King-Emperor returned in triumph to London. Still wan and droop-shouldered, King George motored from Windsor to sooty Albert Hall, opposite Kensington Gardens. There state landaus and a squadron of gleaming, clanking life guards awaited him. Smiling happily, with a white tea rose on the lapel of his impeccable morning coat, he entered the first carriage with Queen Mary, regal as ever in a gold colored coat and fur-trimmed hat. Through Hyde Park, down Piccadilly the procession trotted, past cheering crowds...
Insignia of Aviation Country Clubs is a purple plane surrounded by purple initials ACC, superposed on a pair of gold wings. The pin worn on lapel or dress will indicate membership in what present members intend to be the most exclusive social club...
...Scout Charles A. Miller Jr. Gravely the little fellow saluted Mr. Hoover, drew himself up on tiptoe. Still he was too short, so Mr. Hoover bent down within reach of his shaky fingers, which fastened the gold fleur-de-lis emblem of a Tenderfoot into the blue serge Hoover lapel. Scout Miller saluted. Scout Hoover saluted...
...flower upon the coat lapel is the authentic badge of Bolshevism, but even this fact does not dissuade the Grand Duke Alexander Michailovitch Romanov-surviving cousin and brother-in-law of Tsar Nicholas the Last-from wearing whenever he chooses a red boutonniere. Thus last week His Imperial Highness, who is now lecture-touring U. S. cities, received smart Manhattanites in his suite at the Hotel Ritz with a blood-red rosebud peeping from his buttonhole. The thing was urbanely and genuinely done. "I am of no party," smiled the Grand Duke, and presently charmed his guests by chatting...
...Madison, Wis., a jeweler was set to work making a gold button which, when inserted in the Coolidge lapel, will signify that he, a nonresident of Wisconsin, is legally licensed to take fish from Wisconsin waters. Boy Scouts in Superior "chipped in" for a $55 fishing rod to give the President...