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...swept from end to end of this lane of light. Her gown of soft white crinkly crepe was the essence of simplicity and therefore the perfection of chic. . . . "Held closely to her well-poised head, her fair hair visible through its delicate mesh, this airy, unsubstantial fabric [the veil] drifted in long, broad folds for yards behind her, as fragile as a mist, enmeshing her tall figure, concealing her face, and, in its upturned brim that circled her shapely head, forming the semblance of a halo, that gave her the air of one of the saints or angels that...
President Roosevelt will, of course, conduct himself from the situation with as much grace as Mr. Curley leaves him. The mayor given a Roman palace, would quickly shed his indignation, and an accession of peace might come to the President. But the angry Mr. Curley has drawn the veil from the rusty joints of patronage, extremely disquieting to public confidence, exactly at the psychological moment. Before his next outburst, the mayor might profitably ponder the tale of the man who killed the goose, and learn what happened to the golden eggs...
...Fatherland. Shorn of its patriotic tinsel it appears as a simple case of imperialistic rivalry, this time with British and American tin interests using the two countries as cats-paws. Not often does one find so clear an example of bitter economic struggle and shoddy nationalism to veil...
Westerners, whose religious wars lie centuries behind them, could not easily understand how Turks felt last week. Kemal's ventilation had swept away the Turk's fez, his extra wives, his remaining wife's veil, and now his church service. Last week, for the first time in history, Turks of Istanbul, where the reform was inaugurated, understood what the priests were saying. But they found it hard to believe it was the same thing as the Arabic gibberish that had had 13 centuries of mumbo-jumbo behind...
...fine finish. Bea thought of retiring, of marrying her assistant. Flake, and having some fun before she got too old. Alas for tycoons, she found that Flake and her daughter were hopelessly in love. Over the end of Bea's career Authoress Hurst draws a brisk veil...