Word: modell
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This possibility has been strengthened by the discovery of what may be a fashion model in Tutankhamen's last resting place. This is the life-size wooden statue of a young woman, coated over with plaster, and painted with an enigmatic smile which can only be compared to that of the comparatively young and blooming Mona Lisa. This inhabitant of Egypt, past and present, may be a likeness of her imperial majesty, Queen Ankhsenpaten, for she has gazed at the dead prince with a never-failing smile for more than a hundred generations--proof enough of devotion. But some skeptics...
...mouse, the fashion-model, and the king all have borne their three thousand winters without signs of old age. They were found as they had been left, connecting links between the ages, to prove that ancestors are not far different from contemporaries. There will be nothing incongruous in the appearance of the modern debutante in a dress made of Tutankhamen silks. "Luxorian models are all the rage, and the Pharoahic skirt is destined to appear at Palm Beach and the Copley." And wives of the future may adopt the "Ankhsenpaten smile...
...competition which was announced this fall by the Department of Architecture of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology called for a plan of a model law school building and was open to all students or graduates of not more than five years standing of the Architectural Schools of the University and M. I. T. and to members of the Boston Architectural Club...
...makes the motion picture industry of the very first importance commercially and places upon the industry a definite responsibility in the commercial and civic life of that section. I intend to leave nothing in my power undone to make certain that the industry discharges its duty in maintaining a model industrial community not only with regard to its own activities but in its relations to the splendid municipalities of which it is a part. The fact is that working conditions in the industry are now very good; I want that spirit to continue and to become increasingly productive...
...performances will be given in the Germanic Museum before the great model of the Mediaeval cathedral. The pageantry of the play will follow closely the representations of the Nativity, including the period from Annunciation to the Massacre of the Innocents, found in illuminated manuscripts and mediaeval paintings. O. M. Oenslager '23 will have charge of all settings and scenic effects, assisted by Donald Stralem '24, who will manage the lighting. The whole motif will be brought out on a background of ancient religious music--chants and hymns--by a choir from the Glee Club trained by Dr. A. T. Davison...