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Turkish marriage processions, in which the bride rides to her husband's home on horseback, with servants carrying a large, tent-shaped veil, to shield both the lady and her mount from public view, are also shown...
Assuming that the Crimson is willing to accept public opinions, we take the liberty of answering an article printed in the Crimson of February seventeenth under the title, "The Dance of the Seventh Veil." The subject which this article treated not only with levity but with apparent ignorance of the circumstances was the lectures being conducted at Vassar College on marriage. Although only three of the lectures in this course have been presented, we feel justified in answering an article regrettably intended to be humorous, but condemning its authors as possessing the minds of adolescents...
...last walked Crown Princess Juliana, her bridal gown of ivory satin in classical lines, her veil of tulle embroidered with the silver roses of Lippe-Biesterfeld, her train 18 feet long carried by four chil dren, and her sash of orange blossoms sent by loyal Dutchmen who grow oranges in Italy. The twelve bridesmaids were in six pairs, each pair dressed in a differing pastel color to produce a soft "rainbow effect" desired by the Crown Princess. She tripped over a cushion just as she was about to sit down in one of the two "bridal chairs" - there...
...serious threats that menace it today". Seven representatives of the most renowned educational institutions in the East should have been able to reach a basis for mutual agreement on this subject. But they merely returned with more of the same hypocritical assertions of "belief" that have served to veil but not conceal the real issue in the last three years...
...Circus de Paris moved on to Philadelphia, where a city ordinance forbids such animal turns as "Bride of the Lion." But Dr. Hamiter testified at an inquest that Dancer Cote, vexed by newspaper criticism of the lions' lethargy, had sewed a large bolt in the hem of her veil, presumably thumped George's snout with it. The troupe's manager. Eddie Pierce, announced that blameless George would continue to perform in the act, that three girls had already applied to replace Gladys Cote as his bride...