Word: lawn
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pink and white roses and guarded by a small detachment of Marines. Services, consisting of hymns and a few passages from the Scriptures, were read in the presence of those members of the official group who remained in Washington. Less intimate friends were permitted to assemble on the north lawn during the service...
Dainty in dimity, dapper in flannels, society at Great Neck, L. I., flocked to a lawn fête. There was food, drink, talking, tittering. Into the midst of the festive scene marched a godlike creature, dressed almost as for the ancient Olympics. He smiled, shook and kissed hands all round, proceeded to a roped-off platform on the greensward. There his actions banished the last lingering doubt that he was Georges Carpentier, "gorgeous orchid man of France," beginning to train for his bout on July 24 with Gene Tunney, American light heavyweight champion, at the Polo Grounds, Manhattan...
...Wimbledon. At his annual lawn-tennis party, John Bull of Wimbledon was, as usual, a polite host. He stood sedately aside and let his unruly guests scramble for the goodies, saving only two for himself...
...touch of green, rising from lawn to treetop beneath a little pink spire, where three high roads cross, marks the spot where English begins to be spoken as one walks west from the lower East side of Manhattan: St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie...
...Majestic (Cunard)?R. Norris Williams, Captain of the U. S. Olympic Tennis Team; Julian Myrick, President of the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association; Harold McCormick, husband of Ganna Walska; Mitzi, musical comedy star; Lionel Barrymore and Mrs. Barrymore (Irene Fenwick); Ina Claire; Lenore Ulric, famed Kiki, taking her first vacation in three years; Mme. Frieda Hempel, Metropolitan Opera soprano; John T. Underwood, typewriter President...