Word: tannings
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...prostrate lump that was a man. Sleepily he stirred, instinctively levelled his pistol at them; accidentally it went off, nipped Marda in the hand. The girls explained they were merely out for a walk; the man snarled it was time they gave up walking-for he was a Black-&-Tan, exhausted from days of guerrilla warfare, and they were the Irish aristocracy that ignored his existence, gave tennis teas for English officers...
...fancies" of the King-Emperor include, according to Tailor and Cutter: 1) "black and tan boots"; 2) "turn-back cuffs to overcoats"; 3) "double-breasted waistcoats." . . . "Yet there is no mark of overdressing or nibbling at exotic or freakish modes...
Five years ago there was only sand and a few pines on this spot. But Mr. Bok caused a slender Gothic tower, of pink Georgia marble and tan Florida coquina stone, to be erected. Delicately balanced in the top is the largest carillon in the U. S.? At the tower's base is a pool, surrounded by exotic trees and shrubs. Mr. Bok calls this place the "Taj Mahal of America." It was to dedicate this U. S. Taj that President Coolidge had gone to Florida...
...gallants could fittingly adorn the La Salle-Fisher Laughing Cavalier. Students of the Hals painting have provided it with hood and cowl of Wissahickon green; lower body, fenders and gear of deep maroon; wire wheels, rear deck and body above moulding of Talina brown; roof and rear quarters of tan Burbank silk mohair; mouldings of gold leaf...
Fashions are funny things. This year it is the rage to wear light tan sport coats. Personally we wish someone would undertake to get the boys out of the trench coats by Christmas...