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Formalcies. Prince and Princess unveiled a statue of John Ericsson west of the Lincoln Memorial at the river brink. It was a plaster model of what is to be. The President spoke, then the Prince. The Prince and Princess visited Mount Vernon, and laid a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington...
...literature in and of the University was made yesterday by a bard who has masked his real identity under the pseudonym "Silver Star." The contributed bit of poetry was found framed on the ledge underneath one of the Sargent paintings in Widener Library in the company of a wreath also anonymously presented. The Library authorities have been unable to find out the identity of the donor or donors and no statement has been made with regard to the permanent position of the two gifts...
...Bending down, M. Clemenceau placed a wreath upon the coffin. A moment later, he walked in silence to his motor car and was driven away...
...present age, Ananias may enjoy a religious resurrection more premature than that premised nineteen centuries ago. For the oracular omniscience from Brooklyn has placed a syndicated wreath on the grave of the supreme liar of history. The dramatic example which clinches the justification of lying further serves to revivify the long-dead Ananias. Were a man chasing a woman with intent to kill and the woman slipped down a side street unobserved. Dr. Caedmon asserts that he would feel no scruples in misdirecting her pursuer...
...ever know. Suzanne Lenglen, against whom some equally dubious decision had been called in the first set, ran out the set 8-6, and a moment later was borne from the court on the shoulders of her worshipers, her purple face peering, like a ribald Nero's from a wreath of flowers...