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...resist earthquakes." A noble edifice with two spacious wings, its lawns and gardens were as fine as any in England. Inside, "foreign frescoes colored the ceilings, the walls were hung with costly pictures, and the furniture, imported from Paris and London, was rich, costly and tasteful." The dining room sideboard offered a hospitality as fine as could be found in Virginia, for Blennerhassett Island, discovered by Surveyor George Washington in 1770, lay within the broad boundaries of the Old Dominion...
...Chamberlain listened his face broke into a broad grin. When the call was finished he went back to the sideboard and filled up his glass again, for here was something better than a 40-lb. salmon. The young man at the Treasury had just finished balancing Britain's books for the fiscal year. The Treasury could now announce a surplus of ?31,148,000, greatest since 1923-24, and an achievement in belt-tightening unmatched by any other country since Depression...
...decorations will include a ceiling with large beams and a wooden floor done in Florentine style. A genuine antique Italian fireplace has been purchased and will soon be installed. As the gift of Mrs. F. B. Browning, daughter-in-law of the poet, a large carved sideboard in Italian style will be placed in the room to carry out the effect. As Professor Baxter explained, the chairs and lounges will not be of the straight-backed Italian type, but large and comfortable with Florentine fabrics...
...International Exhibition of Decorative Art. They said to me, 'You'll see . . . that it is you who are responsible for all that architecture. . . .' Imagine Michael Angelo coming to dine with friends and being welcomed with the words, 'We have just ordered a very beautiful Renaissance sideboard inspired by your Moses.' Think of Michael Angelo's face. . . . Some try to turn Cubism into a kind of physical culture. ... I try to paint what I have found, not what I sought. . . . The idea of 'Research' led some of our painters to abstraction. That...
...foyer, in a grove of potted palms, the red-jacketed Marine Band blares martially. Young military aides ply softly up and down, keeping the line of guests moving decorously but swiftly into the State Dining Room, where the faint may refresh themselves with clear ice water from a mahogany sideboard...