Word: mask
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...field. They said the picture was a portrait of Edward VII, of the Prince of Wales on horseback, of Mona Lisa, of a spaniel, a cauliflower. Actually it was a Japanese print of two birds perched on a human skull. The nearest "thought" sent in was one describing the mask and derby hat worn at one point by Dr. J. V. Woolley, "Honorary Research Officer." And one telepathist accurately described a cardboard box with a scarlet lid which, though not used in the experiment, was present in the prisoners' room and might have come under observation during a period...
...taken from Napoleon's body at the postmortem. Then there were locks of Napoleon's hair, his white breeches, a flounce of Alengon lace from Marie Louise's wedding dress, a baby dress worn by L'Aiglon (Napoleon's only legitimate child), a death mask of Napoleon cast in bronze from the papier maché matrix made by his doctor, Antommarchi; innumerable letters, prints, cartoons, snuff boxes, medals, etc. Most of the exhibited items were from the Vignali collection, purchased in Europe three years ago by Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach of Philadelphia...
...gloomy Buterka Prison, Ignace Ghabin, sentenced to death last year (but later commuted) because he had served Tsar Nicholas as imperial hangman, died. He had hanged 645 men, many of them "innocent political prisoners" of the 1905 revolution. At executions Mr. Ghabin always wore dress clothes, white gloves, black mask. His pay: $2,500 per annum; $50 bonus per corpse...
...Does any one beholding this woman sitting there in her stiff uniform of discretion . . . look into her lustreless-looking eyes and believe for a moment that those eyes are looking through anything but a mask...
...grey muslin mask of a face...