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...spokesman, he is bland, stocky Prince Te who goes often to Peiping, finding that the most comfortable place in which to haggle and compromise with the Japanese. One of the last Orientals to wear the old-fashioned cue, the Prince is of little more significance than a stuffed silk robe. Inner Mongolia is at the mercy of all its neighbors. Battle of the Temple. Outer Mongolia has been a Soviet Republic for twelve years and the only...
...doffed my robe, slipped into the pool, and was soon swimming quietly in the water--Eleanor Roosevelt in her column. My Day, in the N. Y. World Telegram...
...customary to wear a robe for the ordination service, and any minister (man or woman) who is properly dressed wears black in the pulpit, not blue and gold. And the most of us do not take our Bibles in swimming with us. I was ordained deacon in September 1931 and elder in September 1933. I resent publicity stunts of any kind in the ministry...
...oldtime bleating. For Die Walküre there were new stage settings by Jonel Jorgulesco, who was more concerned with achieving mass effects than with following Wagner's specific instructions. Friedrich Schorr, as Wotan, wore a scarlet cloak which looked more like a Japanese kimono than a godly robe. One of the lively Valkyries was Charlotte Symons, a debutante from Chicago. Heroine of the evening, a newcomer from the Paris Opera, was Marjorie Lawrence. Australian-born soprano, who donned feathers and breastplate to sing the taxing Brünnhilde...
...remember a raft of things which few U. S. judges ever heard of. He must remember to wear his girdle, scarf, tippet, beaver hat, full-bottomed wig, ermine-trimmed hood & mantle on State occasions or when attending St. Paul's Cathedral. He must never wear his scarlet robe before Their Majesties the King & Queen. Yet he must mark the 24 Red Letter Days when for courtroom appearance he changes from his usual black robe to the scarlet. One day last week Sir Cyril handed down his most publicized decision since he mounted the King's Bench...