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...Washington Evelyn Walker Robert, beauteous wife of the recently resigned Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Wood ("Chip") Robert Jr., gave a large birthday party for her favorite horse, St. John the Baptist. St. John appeared at the party in a wreath of white carnations, eyed suspiciously a guest horse named Easter Sunday, several beribboned dogs...
...afternoon last week, the President received a fresh and odorous wreath of flowers to wrap around his neck. Three mornings earlier, the same flowers had been growing to their native roots in Hawaii. New air transportation over the Pacific had made it possible for Governor Joseph B. Poindexter to get unfaded Hawaiian leis to the White House in record time...
...least that may be expected is a magnificent battle, with Crimson streaks flashing across the finishing lines to break more records, and probably Olympic material becoming full-fledged candidates. To hard-working Coach Ulen and his equally hard-working team a laurel wreath for a successful season, and the best of luck on today's venture...
This expression of surprise last week was the more remarkable because in 1933 the Ochs memorandum was shown to Lord Lee, received his approval in writing, and contains this epilog by Mr. Ochs: "I have told Lord Lee on several occasions that I hoped some day to place a wreath of laurel on his brow for having been the originator and promoter of this epoch-making event." In Cuba, tough Lord Lee was a Rough Rider with the late great Theodore Roosevelt...
...into goodness by wooden heroes and lay figures, seems to be passing away. But, even worse, the other extreme has been reached. Everything good is questionable; and the bad is not bad enough. We live in an age of debunkment. In athletics, a golden crown has replaced the laurel wreath; the stage is obscene; art is acrobatic; music is barbaric; institutions are enslaving; life is a long slippery rope with a noose...