Word: scarlets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Actually it was a Japanese print of two birds perched on a human skull. The nearest "thought" sent in was one describing the mask and derby hat worn at one point by Dr. J. V. Woolley, "Honorary Research Officer." And one telepathist accurately described a cardboard box with a scarlet lid which, though not used in the experiment, was present in the prisoners' room and might have come under observation during a period of concentration...
Peers sat robed in scarlet, gold and ermine. Justices were capped by wigs as large as beehives. Peeresses, for the first time, generally wore flexible diamond-studded bandeaux, instead of the old fashioned tiaras. Even Edward of Wales stood decorous in his place at the right of the throne. A moment earlier he had tripped over his own sword and almost sprawled. The picture seemed sufficiently magnificent, yet His Majesty sat waiting. The delay lengthened, grew in a few seconds to seem interminable. . . . Black Rod. That which delayed George V in opening Parliament was the absence of the plebeian members...
Sirs: Why do you cheapen TIME with a red bordered cover ? Is it not strong enough as a current publication to speak for itself with dignity and a cover that suggests its contents ? Must .it call attention to itself with screaming scarlet-and thus attract the masses who would be led to believe that it ranks with the Red Book or similar publications that resort to superficial advertisement ? I used to be proud to place TIME in a prominent position on my study table. Now I am ashamed. Lois J. FISHER...
...screen there is an especially diverting selection with "What Price Glory", "The Scarlet Letter" and "The Kid Brother" offering food for any taste...
...Royal Highness may be said to have spent the week slumming. One morning he burst in upon five different families dwelling in the London County Council tenements at Wadsworth; caught mothers red-handed at their washtubs; made daughters scarlet-cheeked at his presence. Thence he visited the White House, a hostel for bums in Settle Street. Everywhere his cheery, infectious smile brought a roar of welcome from those many voices named collectively "The voice...