Word: wooled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...deck of the Indianapolis final farewells took place. Host Justo presented his guest with a poncho made of virgin vicuna wool. The two Presidents exchanged a genuine bear hug. Everyone else was shaken by the hand and touched to the heart. The last that Buenos Aires saw of Franklin Roosevelt he was standing on the bridge as the Indianapolis pulled out into sluggish, shoreless Rio de la Plata, waving a blue and white scarf, the national colors of Argentina...
...comes in, suggests excursion into town. Pull myself together and a sprinkle of cold water on my face does wonders, and we go to Boston. H--is buying a Christmas present for his baby niece in Omaha. He picks out a wooly white cat, very gaga, with green wool eyes. The cat and H--and I stop for a milkshake, my half-eclipsed condition precluding more nocuous refreshment...
...Ribbed Wool Hose, checks and cross striped effects are destined to be worn in great numbers this season. Brightly patterned Argyles and Checks always are popular for winter wear...
...greatest number this season decause of the harmony they bring with either a plain suit or a striped one. Rep Ties, distinguished by their ribbed surface, are favorites, while the Macclesfield, always a winter favorite is still proper for more formal town suits. Plain color knits and wool ties which go so well with the tweed and shetland suits will also be leading numbers. Blues and reds are taking the lead in the color line with an increasing interest in green. Wine is the most versatile color combining with almost any color suit...
...riding high so that their mother back in Austria will accept money to be spent to her blind eyes. When mamma comes to America the deception is a little harder, and then when she regains her sight there is the utmost consternation as to how to pull the wool over the freshly-cured-eyes. It's pretty sugary up to this point, but when Mother Jane Darwell discovers the fraud, things get stickier than ever...