Word: wreath
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cuban was most feted. At Washington, he had lunched informally with President and Mrs. Coolidge and some 30 guests including Dr. Nicholas M. Butler, Mrs. Butler, Miss Butler. He had dined with Secretary of State and Mrs. Kellogg. He had placed a wreath on Washington's tomb. To him the Cuban Ambassador had given a ball which nearly eclipsed the polo ball earlier in the week...
...part of the sawdust Caliban, capered foolishly, pathetically, to his special tune- a fanfare for two trumpets a minor second apart. Rosina Galli was the limber ballerina. At the end of the performance, Mr. Stravinsky was discovered to be present, hailed before the curtain, presented with an overstuffed floral wreath, according to Metropolitan tradition...
...Ebert funeral appeared a large wreath of lilacs, bearing a ribbon with a crown and the initial "W." The Acht Uhr Abendblatt was overjoyed. "From ex-Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm," the newspaper reported. The Deutsches Tageblatt was certain that it was the ex-Kaiser who had, with characteristic thought, sent the wreath...
...Presidential Palace in Wilhelmstrasse, an official said both newspapers were misinformed. The wreath in question was from her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands...
Although the "German at Doom" may have sent a wreath-and if he did, it probably was returned-yet, if he did not, it would seem that he lost a great opportunity to play an important political card...