Word: silver
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Troy had a Palladium. Diomedes and Ulysses stole it. We know what happened to Troy. Boston had a Palladium, the Sacred Cod. It is or was a pine codfish, four feet eleven and a half inches long, ten inches thick at its thickest, clad in silver. It was a work of the eighteenth century. It hung happily in the old State House till 1793, when it was moved to the House of Representatives in the Bulfinch State House. In 1895, when the House emigrated to a new chamber, four messengers bore it, enfolded in the American flag...
With the success of "Silver Dollar." "Cavalcade," and other epics in mind, producers have outdone themselves in the manufacture of this type of film. "Song of the Eagle," now showing at the Met, is a better than average example of the craze. Instead of dealing with an era from the point of view of the country at large, this picture portrays the brewing industry from the succulent pre-war days to the frothy present, as exemplified by experiences of the Hoffman family, master brewers...
...Silver Dick's Rage...
...Peterson '35; the Reverend Canon Chasuble, L. H. Eunis 4G: Merriman, the butler, L. vonB. Nichols '35; Lane, a manservant, D. V. McGranahan '35; Lady Brackmell, William Abbott 1L; Honorable Gwendolyn Fairfax, R. L. Cummings, Jr. '35; Cecily Cardew, T. M. Hastings '34; Miss Prism, F. F. Silver...
...This precious stone, set in the silver...