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Locked deep in Widener's expansive hulk lie a red cardboard package tied with red silk cord, and a long wooden box, painted brown. Thereby hangs a tale...
...Tercentenary, President Conant did up a box for 2036, if the Martians haven't sacked the College and burned up Widener's archives in the meantime. The packets inside the box are made of rag silk, so they won't smut and discolor the contents...
...White had the following to say in his Emporia (Kans.) Gazette: "Since the beginning of the State men like Walter Huxman have been shining lights and dependable leaders in this commonwealth. They have rarely won official distinction. In the sixties and seventies and eighties they were called 'the silk-stocking democrats,' men of education, of talent, of character, of vision." I doubt if you would call that the description of a second-string politician...
...source has made all the Opera Hats and Silk Hats for every President of the United States for the past 8 Presidents-- Roosevelt Wilson Hoover Taft Coolidge Roosevelt Harding McKinley...
...absolutely correct formal wear, the full dress with a higher waist cut is the correct thing. Tails should drop to a point exactly opposite the knee in the back. Most lapels are of dull grosgrain silk...