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Since Victoria's day her Empire has come on troubled times. The Crown itself has lost its last remaining ounce of direct political power.* But what the Crown has lost in weight, it has gained in glamor. Princess Elizabeth, who will be the next wearer-unless her parents, most improbably, have a son-shows no more sign of greatness than the young Victoria did. She is not required to be great; she is expected to be gracious...
...Gentleman: "Oh, I admire them, of course. Only I have such a dread of stepping on them and bringing down the wrath of the fair wearer on my devoted head...
...feature witches from Wellesley and Simmons, residents of Boston, and even a smattering of 'Cliffedwellers peering in at the windows. Stags are urged to come dressed as something more original than a college student, with mask as the absolute minimum, since an undisclosed prize will be awarded to the wearer of the most startling costume...
...Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where insurance is a must for registration, the mutual companies present a real problem. A fifteen year old auto and a college boy at the wheel, they regard as a poor risk, and more than one wearer of the crimson has been reduced to invocation of the regulation that a twice rejected car must be referred to an insurer by the state...
...books, the most distinctive feature of the Grolier Book Shoppe is its well-worn sofa. Apparently an ordinary piece of furniture, it has been warmed by the posteriors of the most erudite inmates of the ivy-covered squirrel-cage. This indeterminable-hued divan has sustained the weight of the wearer of the blackest, thickest-rimmed glasses among Cambridge cognoscenti. It has also supported innumerable bodies beneath as many heads holding rimless spectacles, prime among these being Cairnie himself. For sitting comfort, the Grolier ottoman is approached only by the bootblack stand at Felix's Shoe Shine Spa, and there...