Word: rome
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Welcome indeed would she be in Rome, where she could help any man do his diplomatic duty. Baltimore and Washington, Berlin and Buenos Aires, Paris and The Hague knew her well-a woman of striking appearance, rich, gracious, restless, energetic, vitalizer of many a new "movement." She, more than any other, was responsible for the U. S. vogue of Leon Bakst (1866-1925), brilliant Russian artist and stage designer. She brought him to her Baltimore home, there set him to work designing a private theatre, decorating it in the modern Russian style. Bakst decorations spread to include other features...
Fortunate indeed would any diplomat be to have her for a wife. But residence in Rome as the wife of a U. S. Ambassador implied no domestic upheaval for Alice Warder Garrett. It was her husband, John Work Garrett, with whom she was last week cruising about Italy, that President Hoover had picked for this prime foreign post. President Hoover prepared to congratulate himself on filling another major post with a man of quality...
...banking firm of Robert Garrett & Sons, one of Baltimore's oldest and most trusted houses. He was graduated from Princeton in 1895. At 29, he entered the U. S. foreign service, served as secretary of legation at The Hague, moved on to the embassies at Berlin and Rome. In 1910 he was advanced to ministerial rank, representing the U. S. in Venezuela, later in the Argentine...
...Rome, Mr. Garrett, 57, will succeed Henry Prather Fletcher, U. S. Ambassador (professional), resigned, who sailed last week for the U. S. Mr. Fletcher was a victim of Rumor. When he personally conducted President-Elect Hoover down, across and around South America, Rumor chose him to be Secretary of State. When the No. 1 Cabinet job went to Henry Lewis Stimson, Rumor made Mr. Fletcher Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, largely because he had served 27 years as a career diplomat. After Charles Gates Dawes was chosen, Mr. Fletcher resigned. Rumor picked him up again...
...sank. St. Peter's lofty contours slowly cast shadows over the throng. When the seminarians had all left the church there were silver trumpetings from the portico. Over the singing and stir of thousands, boomed the bells of Rome, echoing from the Seven Hills. A confusion of shouting arose: "Viva il Papa! Viva il Papa!" Down the steps tramped the Swiss Guards with glittering breastplates and halberds, down strolled a vivid mass of ecclesiasts. Two long rows of Cardinals followed, dressed in scarlet, heads bent, hands clasped in prayer...