Word: wearingly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sentimental letters urging you to do this are but another example of that fundamentally tyrannical spirit - distressingly on the increase in our country - which would have a man eat, drink, sleep, think, wear a blue band on his straw hat, exactly as his neighbors. . . . Vast waves of mechanical thinking. . . . There is no need to "square yourselves," as has been suggested. Your motives are clear, perfectly decent, and justified - to those who will take a little trouble to think...
...convention also gave thought to a motion adopting an attractive blue cape lined with gold and a smart French cap as the official uniform of service women. Mrs. C. M. Drew, author of the resolution, pointed out that many of the women were no longer able to wear their uniforms which had succumbed either to the weight of the years or the added weight of their wearers. The matter was referred to the executive committee...
...Scouts, who are often pointed to as a potent reserve behind the national arms for peace or war, administered the Scout oath to their visitors. They presented twelve of the notables with belts, though General Bullard was the only dignitary slim-waisted enough to wear his gift. Governor Smith was persuaded to go fishing and promptly caught a fish four feet long. It was a wooden fish which the Scouts had previously attached to his line...
...striving, gains the right to wear...
Seventy-five women asked the Chicago city council last week to pass an ordinance requiring women to wear more underwear, as a matter of public health, when they try on dresses in the city stores. Councilmen were astounded, promised to investigate, learned that many a woman now wears under her dress only a pair of bloomers and a brassiere. The waist line, as well as the neck and arms, is bare...