Word: scarlets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that Secret Consistory in the Hall of the Consistory, faced by the Sacred College of his scarlet robed Cardinals, sat white-clad Pius XI, once Achille Ratti, but since Feb. 12, 1922, His Holiness the Pope, Bishop of Rome an Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of Saint Peter, Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the Temporal Dominions of the Holy Roman Church...
...Pope named these four, each cardinal present rose in his place, lifted his scarlet biretta as sign of agreement or mayhap retained it in firm objection. Who, if any, dissented from the Pope's nomination, no outsider will ever know, for each cardinal has gone through the ceremony of the "opening and closing of the mouth" as token of his silence on papal matters...
Mlle. Eva Curie, it was shortly revealed, is delicately fleshed and possessed of an attractive figure set off by a striking head of jet black hair. She appeared in a low-cut black satin gown, to which was pinned a single scarlet rose. For two hours she rendered with admirable technique and expression a program including selections from Bach, Chopin, Faure, Saint-Saëns, Beethoven. Paris was momentarily charmed...
Gordon's Olympia--"The Scarlet Saint" with Mary Astor...
Gordon's Olympia--"The Scarlet Saint" with Mary Astor...