Word: style
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...less money. In golfing circles dour looks still greet mention of a "Mehlhorn." Last week in Atlanta, Ga., a match was played in the course of which golf-etiquette was hilariously, enjoyably violated. Twenty-one ladies foregathered, chose up sides. Each lady was then allotted one club, shape and style determined by drawing slips of paper from a hat. The teams crowded around the first tee as their rival captains prepared to drive. Suddenly a premeditated bedlam broke loose. Ladies hooted, screamed, blew tin whistles, danced, threw clubs in air, did their utmost to superinduce inaccuracy among the opposition. Nothing...
...Stockings. President Edward Freschl of Holeproof Hosiery, Milwaukee,* told a trouble last week: "Suddenly, somewhere, some woman conceived the idea of black shoes and champagne colored stockings. The idea spread Variations of style followed quickly. Where 480 styles of stockings were carried in 1920, the company now has to carry 6006." Remington Rand Inc. Chairman Benjamin La Fon Winchell of Remington Typewriter explained the pending merger of his company with Rand-Kardex (visible indexes), Baker-Vawter (filing cabinets) and Dalton Adding Machine: "Throughout the world these concerns are duplicating their selling efforts [through 4,500 field representatives] to an extent...
...second striking contrast between this and the average exhibition of its kind is the differences of style which are displayed by the individual pictures. There is a picture to suit every taste. From the careful almost miniature-like technique of the "Sorco River, North Conway," with its quiet backwater reflecting the overhanging trees--and with which, be it admitted, the Student Vagabond was strongly impressed--to the rather violent impressionism of such works like the "Pond in Pinkham Notch", from the grey two light haze of the "Tuilerics Gardens" and the "Place de la Concorde" to the brilliant yellow sunshine...
...finals for the team championship the University racquet wielders downed the Buffalo outfit without much trouble. In each match the University players were clearly superior although at times the Buffalo racquet men desplayed a flashy but erratic style...
Tudor was forced to leave the game in the final session by injury, but will be able to face Dartmouth. Clark, injured in the University Club game, was at the top of his form Saturday, and Captain Ellison's usual dazing tumbles did not cramp his style...