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There were no codes, relief, no N. R. A., And a man was free to fix his pay, Free to loaf, labor or snore, Oh, come ye back, ye days of yore, When the eagle perched on the mountain...
...Orthodox Church of Jesus Christ the Savior, went down to the St. Regis, put on his ceremonial blue brocade riza. Assisted by the conductor of his choir, General Sergey Savitzky, he chanted prayers before an improvised altar on which ten candles illuminated an ikon. Then Priest Kurdiumoff presented a loaf of bread and a small silver salt cellar to Mrs. Anne Tiffany, decorator, and to Mrs. Vincent Astor. whose husband owns the hotel. Up to the priest, one by one, filed Russian musicians, waiters, bus boys, cooks and, in white chef's garb, Spiridon Ignatovich who used to cook...
...World Citizen." And on shelf after shelf, through aisle after aisle were stacked the products that Iowa's women had wrought from their gardens, cook stoves and work baskets. Nine hundred prizes were offered for twelve kinds of bread and rolls, 15 kinds of layer cake, 13 kinds of loaf cake, cookies, candy, popcorn balls, potato chips, spiced apples, pickles, jellies, jams, conserves, canned fruit, sun preserved fruits; for the best pillow case, cross-stitched spread, French knot spread, Cluny centerpiece, six-piece doily set, crocheted infants' socks, cutwork, Roman embroidery, boy's suit made from cast-off garments, rompers...
...Dimly we recall, or rather sense, a freer day when our forefathers had time to feel the seasons' change in them, to loaf in the warm sunlight and to drink in life like a healthy animal. . . . Our appetites have become too heavy, our inner ear too dulled to attend any call but that of ease or gain...
...having the most awful time trying to decide what to do this Summer. When people come up and ask us what our plans are we have nothing to say. We don't know whether to stick around the house and loaf and catch up on some reading, or get some kind of an outdoor job that will put us in shape. I suppose we will have to go up to the Cape with the family after all. That's not much fun. There's nobody up there any more. We'd sort of like to get the boat in shape...