Word: uniformally
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...them are available for a state function they manage admirably to perform their duty to the public. Thus at Quebec last week, thousands of Canadians were joyous as there descended from the S. S. Empress of Australia: 1) His Royal Highness, Edward of Wales, clad Scottishly in the uniform of a Colonel of the Seaforth Highlanders; and 2) His Royal Highness, Prince George Alexander Edmund, wearing the smart full-dress of a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy...
...convention also gave thought to a motion adopting an attractive blue cape lined with gold and a smart French cap as the official uniform of service women. Mrs. C. M. Drew, author of the resolution, pointed out that many of the women were no longer able to wear their uniforms which had succumbed either to the weight of the years or the added weight of their wearers. The matter was referred to the executive committee...
Years ago Drygoodsman Selfridge acted upon the truth which he stated last week, by putting the elevator girls at Selfridge's into a uniform so trig and abbreviated that few who enter his store have eyes for the beauty of the edifice...
Famed Private Terence Mulvaney, central character in Rudyard Kipling's Soldiers Three stories, used to carry around with him a picture of himself in a Corporal's uniform, and remark sadly: "I was a Corporal once, but I was rejuced...
...Chinese officers and diplomats prostrated themselves thrice. A Chinese band struck up the national anthem-to Western ears shrill and squealing. At the focus of this orgy of homage stood a slim, imperious Chinese, clad from neck to heel in a gorgeous, shimmering, blue silk Field Marshal's uniform of his own invention. This personage was the War Lord of Manchuria and North China, the great Chang Tso-lin. Japan has supported his Manchurian régime. Great Britain is believed to have poured not a little gold into his coffers. Last week he was engaged in the gesture...