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...donned the ritualistic orange raiment of his forebears. From Tokyo he rode in a crimson carriage to the old capital at Kyoto. There, in a confident, resonant voice, he read his imperial Rescript, announcing his ascension. Alone, save for two attendants, he appeared, once before midnight and once after, at the shrine of his ancestress the Sun Goddess and offered her a sacrifice of holy rice...
...Author Stevenson learned from the U.S. Land Commissioner on Samoa, Henry Clay Ide, that because his daughter Anne was born on Christmas, she never got any birthday presents. Stevenson formally deeded his birthday (Nov. 13) to the child, stipulated that she celebrate the occasion "by the sporting of fine raiment, eating of rich meats and receipt of gifts, compliments and copies of verse . . .", or forfeit,the anniversary rights to the President...
...grim change from last year was presented by new material notes creeping into posters. Reflecting a general trend towards draft-pessimism, it urges students to get rid of their old clothes in a good cause before their raiment becomes O. D. or Navy Blue...
...girl ad, which had lost both dignity and raiment in its evolution from the patrician '205 to the leggy '403 (see cut), shows a sharp decline in popularity. > Color photography, once thought to spell the doom of hand-painted illustration, runs neck & neck with its rival. >The humorous cartoon ad ("Quick. Henry, the Flit!", etc.), which reached a peak in the middle '303, is on the way down...
...formally deeded it to her when she was a little girl because she was "born out of all reason on Christmas day" and hence "denied the consolation and profit of a proper birthday." She celebrated in Manhattan in the manner stipulated by the legatee-"by the sporting of fine raiment, eating of rich meats and receipt of gifts, compliments and copies of verses according to the manner of our ancestors...