Word: paradee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Not that this was made necessary by the threats from Communists. The Reds, on the contrary, decided to boycott the parade, to protest loudly, peacefully, far away from the "rich quarter" of the city where the "insolent cortege" is to be held. "Apres tout, mon vieux," quoth one old Frenchman...
But in Cherbourg the authorities, alarmed at the threats of the Reds, decided to abandon a scheduled parade. They had not enough police to control the Communists, who were obviously seizing upon the occasion as an excuse to give vent to their political wrath.
Miss America 1926. Among the pseudonymphs who arrived on the first day of the pageant was Miss America 1926. She, Miss Norma Descynge Smallwood, was expected to lead the beauty parade after the custom for veteran victors. A demure and modest girl last summer, she had now become haughty and...
Ashes. Miss Luigia Vanzetti announced that she would take her brother's ashes to Europe via no U. S. city save New York. Mrs. Sacco was less definite, but enthusiasts bustled around Manhattan trying to lease Madison Square Garden or the Polo Grounds, the Yankee Stadium, Cooper Union or Carnegie...
Nevertheless, shoulder-slapping, grips and the password, "Howdy, Pap!" were not entirely laid aside before the Mooses sat down to discuss their concrete program. The word "pap" does not connote, to Mooses, a bland sort of mush or gruel fed to infants. When Moose greets Moose he merely pronounces the...