Word: thomasâ
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...Thomas???a debonair six-foot shape in blue serge, with crisp yachting cap tilted to starboard?waved his hand. Chatting with pressmen, he stroked his goatee?a preposterous tuft no bigger than a barnacle?responded wittily to their sallies, screwing up his eyes when the sun shone against his face?a very brown face, drawn taut with the whip of sea-salt. "What good is the Cup to America when you have nothing to put in it?" asked he. "I understand the only thing you have left to put in it would burn the bottom...
...Before Premier Baldwin had left the Palace, Mr. Macdonald had arrived, accompanied by J. R. Clynes and J. H. Thomas???a trio of moderate and responsible Laborites. Mr. Macdonald wore a frock-coat and a silk hat, Mr. Clynes was distinguished by a soft cap, Mr. Thomas remained inseparable from his aged and worn derby. The King received Mr. Macdonald in an audience lasting more than an hour, during which he charged him to form a Cabinet. When Mr. Macdonald came out of the Palace he was met by hundreds of cheering partisans...