Word: satin
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...coat for which the Roman soldiers gambled while Christ was dying on the cross. It is supposed to have been found near Jerusalem about 330 by St. Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine. At Trier it is displayed on a white satin, gold-embroidered cloth. To it are ascribed many cures, especially of lameness...
Shimmering in white satin, trailing a ten-foot train, Senorita Sampedro approached the altar to exchange rings, Latin fashion. Her bridegroom, she knew, had broken down in sobs the night before, when told that ex-King Alfonso XIII irrevocably disapproved. Now he was smiling. Beside him stood the only Spanish grandee who could be induced to come, Duke Manuel Almadova, as best...
...while the committee was holding an executive session in another room, a female midget, Lya Graf of Ringling Bros. Circus, wriggled through the waiting crowd and headed straight for Banker Morgan. Leading the 21-in., 22-lb. creature in her gaudy blue satin dress was Charles Leef, assistant to famed Press-agent Dexter Fellows. "Gangway!" Leef cried. "The smallest lady in the world wants to meet the richest man in the world." Before Banker Morgan knew it, Leef had plunked Lya Graf down on his lap. Newscameras went into frantic action. The spectators roared with amazed amusement. Banker Morgan grinned...
...University Hospital in Tokyo. According to the Japanese law his body was washed and prepared for cremation. But not his white plume, not his badge of honor. To his death bed came his son and reverently clipped the mustaches away. They were bound with white silk, laid on a satin cushion in a separate casket and buried with all honor in a separate burial mound...
...materials, cotton is more popular than ever, especially for year-round evening gowns. French dressmakers are making elaborate efforts to push a new lacquered satin, even shinier than the cire satin of last year, even more trying for all but the most statuesque figures...