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...mother's black stockings there yawns "a sad hiatus" when he sits. Friends of the family swell the audience, including three painters-Ford Madox Brown, Laurence Alma-Tadema, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. A lissom youth with auburn hair and a weak but beautiful countenance stretches on the rug, slightly disconcerting the actors by chanting the lines with them in a melodious undertone. He is called Algernon Swinburne...
...applied arts, plumbing and heating were less stressed than in the U. S. exposition; rug-making, stained glass, lace, goldsmithery were glorified in bannered booths. Special pavilions were consecrated to French wines, French cookery. A lottery bond loan provided the funds for this national advertisement...
Died. Zep, mammoth black bear, mascot of the Passaic, N. J., High School Basket Ball Team (TIME, Feb. 16, SPORT); at Wayne, N. J. His team had rejoiced in 159 straight victories. His skin will be converted into a rug...
...painting, a collection of bicycle parts, window panes, scraps of roofing material, were all part of an exhibition of modern Art in Berlin, free from all limitations of jury. The kult room was the heart of the exhibition. A sign, "Keep off the Tapestry," warned spectators off the Navajo rug on the graveled floor. A square white column, carefully off-center, held up the roof. The rear wall consisted of a sheet of plate glass end-on to the room, an "S"-shaped strip of celluloid, all against a background of awning stripes. A little red balloon hung in front...
...Committee held a meeting yesterday, discussing in detail the plans for the dance which will be held from 10 to 4 o'clock Friday night in Memorial Hall. The committee gave special emphasis to the fact that men will be allowed to bring to the hall only a small rug, and that they will have to provide their own punch bowl, ladle, and glasses. Each box will have been provided with a small table and table-cloth, as well as a sufficient number of cane-seated chairs. The committee further gave warning that box chairmen are responsible for any breakage...