Word: velvets
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...yellow boots; one wore a black shirt. The appearance of the King was a signal for roof-lifting applause which was as loud as it was long. Vittorio Emanuele, dressed in the uniform of a general, took his seat upon a throne, erected under a canopy of red velvet, decorated with the Arms of Savoy in gold. Above and behind him were the Queen and the Princesses Mafalda and Giovanna, surrounded by their households. On either side of the Monarch were the Princes of the Blood Royal, resplendent in military uniforms. At the foot of the throne was Benito, covered...
Complimentary jars of Velvet tobacco so were distributed yesterday by the Laggett & Myers Tobacco Co to all the clubs and fraternities in the University as the opening feature of their extensive advertising campaign in the colleges of New England if any organizations failed to receive the compliment any tobacco they should notify Mr. W. R. Thomas division sales manager at 106 Friend St. Boston...
...painting of Mrs. Coolidge by Howard Chandler Christy, showing the first lady of the land in a wine-red velvet gown, with a white collie at her side, was presented Mrs. Coolidge by 800 members of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority, of which she is a member. The portrait was unveiled in the East Room of the White House...
President Millerand moved surely and boldly, revealing himself as the velvet hand within Poincaré's mailed fist. He announced that M. Poincare would form a new Cabinet. In a statement from the Elysee Palace (Executive Mansion), M. Millerand showed that the radicals need expect no change: The general lines of the French policy cannot possibly be changed for any other reason than the clearly expressed will of the country. The President of the Republic has every confidence that M. Poincaré, whose name symbolizes this policy, will form a new Cabinet which can continue this policy of firmness...
...with the sculptor she loves, the professor chains her to himself with the intangible but unbreakable bonds of gratitude. The strength of the frail proves so crushing that suicide alone can free the girl. Henry Herbert as the professor gave an insinuating study of the iron hand in the velvet glove. Helen Weir almost had the girl's role at her finger tips...