Word: solemnities
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...attorney, George P. Decker of Rochester, carried the case to Washington, where it became public last week. The red men contend that the patches of Seneca land, totaling 50,000 acres, constitute an independent sovereignty. They base their bold thought not only upon immemorial residence but also upon a solemn treaty concluded by the U. S. with the Six Nations in 1794. Indians in Oklahoma and elsewhere have sworn allegiance to the U. S. But the Senecas? Never! Their government, they set forth, has been peaceably exercised through chiefs chosen by "mothers of the tribe''-a practice somewhat...
Perhaps you wonder why such solemn puerilities as I have described are not laughed out of countenance. You must remember that freedom of thought is a serious thing. If there be a grain of truth in a ton of dress, you accept the ton for the sake of the grain. For the world is a big place, and there is room for everybody, and each man has the inalienable right to be as eccentric as he pleases. It is my own conviction that the Why-nots are quite harmless. But think of the wasted energy...
...Kano, 705 miles from Lagos, the Prince was received by an assemblage of native chiefs in solemn pomp. Many gifts of the purest gold were made and after a stay of two days, during which he played tennis and polo, the Prince returned to the sea and the Repulse, which, amid the cheering hullabaloo from the shore, turned her bows toward the south and churned her way to Cape Town, the point de départ for an extended tour of the Union of South Africa...
...days later, a crowd of people assembled outside and inside the gaudy Sveti Krai Cathedral whose interior is decorated with numerous and immense rainbow-colored portraits painted on the walls and pillars. All had come to pay their last respects to the remains of General Gheorghieff. In a long, solemn queue, the funeral procession, headed by the Cabinet, trailed slowly, mournfully through the grimy Sofia streets and at length drew near to the Cathedral. There was a blinding flash, a terrific roar and the entire south wall and a large section of the roof of the Cathedral crumbled and crashed...
Martha-Bryan Allen, small Southern lady who jumped from the Theatre Guild to a Ziegfeld revue, is the girl in question. Her solemn, facile charm perfected the part and indicated that the U. S. stage has discovered one more young woman who yet may wear the mantle of Mrs. Fiske...