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Tonight is the Junior Promenade. The class of 1926 and its chosen partners will swing to the rhythmic measures that once more liven Memorial. Once more will the dusty crannies and long-shadowed nooks reecho to light laughter and the patter of satin slippers on a polished floor. To each son of Harvard, the Prom--the prom of his own class--comes but once in a lifetime. But Mem has seen many--Mem has witnessed many a class at its revelry. Perhaps this is the basis of a warmer hold on old graduates than the memory of the numerous meals...
...Coolidge's gown for the reception was described as "rust colored satin-faced crêpe, made on a narrow tube foundation, with a single piece of drapery crossing the skirt at the hips in plain, close lines so as to give a jabot effect in front ... an enameled buckle of rust and jade . . . sleeves long and close-fitting, the neckline square in front with high shoulders . . . string of small jade beads . . . gown eight or possibly nine inches off the floor . . . satin pumps and hosiery of the same neutral tones, with pumps darker than the hosiery...
There were two compensations for lovers of brilliance and movement. First, the costumes: Anne Roselle, as Tosca, for instance, appeared in the first act in a chrome orange satin skirt and bodice, a purple velvet jacket and hat, a bunch of crimson roses tied with baby-blue ribbon. Second, the Russian ballet divertissements which lent touches of exotic sprightliness at the conclusion of the evenings. The agonies of Tosca were thus relieved by Rimsky-Korsakov's sinuous Siamese Dance...
...Berengaria (Cunard)-Épinard, famed French racehorse; with his stablemate (Satin Slippers), his dog friend (Peter), his owner (Pierre Wertheimer), his trainer (Eugene Leigh) ; Arthur Hammerstein, theatrical producer, with his wife, Dorothy Dalton, cinema actress...
...Hearst wore a black satin dress trimmed with ermine...