Word: polished
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Honest Ignatz,"† though elected,** did not-according to gleeful correspondents-possess a dress shirt in which he could be inaugurated. Three days later-a shirt having been obtained and the ancient palace of the Polish kings well aired for the ceremony-he took the oath of office, while bluff brain-stormy Pilsudski lounged in a great carved chair, nearby, surrounded by his officers...
...Agide Jacchia, conductor, will present the following program at tonight's pop concert in Symphony Hall: Overture to "The Magic Flute" Mozart Waltz, "Dornroeschen" (Briar Rose) Tchaikovsky Carry Mc Back to Old Virginny Bland Jacchia Fantasia, "L'Oracolo" Leoni Rhapsody, "Espana" Chabrier Harp Solo Prelude Kovarovie (Alfred Holy) Polish Dance Scharwenka Hymn to the Sun from "Iris" Mascagni Night Dawn Sunrise Prelude to "The of Nu-rembers" Wagner Still Blon March "Lerraire" Ganne
Hence many are thankful for the sabers which, according to the dispatches, will be drawn in threatening swordplay between two high officials of the Polish government. Were the custom to be followed in the United States, duels, lineally descended from the Burr-Hamilton affair of the early Republic, would settle insurgent politics. A single snick of a rapier in the dawn might prove an effective cloture rule for Senate debate...
Marshal Josef Pilsudski, having overthrown the Polish Government by violence (TIME, May 24) and then quixotically refused to accept a higher office than his beloved Ministry of War (TIME, May 31), became last week a living yet piquantly legendary hero about whom "human interest" fabliaux were woven without stint and printed beneath lavish headlines...
Subsequently he was elected the President of Poland. He has continued to intermeddle in Polish affairs whenever he considered that "the politicians" as opposed to his beloved "army" were becoming corrupt or inefficient...