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...slender Secretary of the Treasury came the bride. Her entire gown was of point d'Angleterre over cream satin, with a court train of the same lace. Her veil was of tulle with a circlet of pearls about the brow and held in place by a spray of orange blossoms on each side. She wore long sleeves, and her dress came within ten inches of the floor. Her bouquet was voluminous with white orchids and lilies of the valley. She wore a string of pearls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: And Everything | 6/7/1926 | See Source »

...monument erected by your friends to commemorate the fact. Would it please you to have Mazie and her boy friend taking pictures with your monument for background? Your heroic bones would squirm in the final resting place and your spirit would sock some unsuspecting medium in the seventh veil. At least, if they wouldn't, you are not fit to be called a four hundred descent Bostonian...

Author: By D. G. G., | Title: THE CRIME | 4/8/1926 | See Source »

Having run the gamut of Count Craven's listless love, the United States Immigration officials, and Earl Carroll's bathtub parties, the Countess Cathcart could hardly be expected to desert the newspapers for the home. After a silence of almost two weeks she has cast aside her protective veil and issues forth a novelist, full-grown, from Scandal's forehead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LITERARY TURPITUDE | 3/16/1926 | See Source »

...vacation, the new Freshman field will be the scene of action. Workmen have already commenced to enclose it with an impenetrable board fence, according to the directions of Coach Horween, who wishes to conduct his first maneuvers in entire secrecy. The assumption by the Boston sports writers that this veil of mystery implies a radical upheaval is not at all an accurate deduction, according to the statement of the management made last night. The change in location is due to purely physical reasons, the desire to keep the Stadium turf in perfect shape for the contests next fall, while...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SQUAD WILL MEET HORWEEN TONIGHT | 3/15/1926 | See Source »

...France: "But I love the man, and I shall have none other. I'll never wear the cap of St. Catherine, because old maids are only found in museum cases." Lady Diana made her own wedding dress "But I want to make my own dresses" and wore a veil worn by six generations of Rutland brides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: In Chicago | 2/15/1926 | See Source »

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