Word: silk
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...London, hustled to his desk at No. 4 Grosvenor Gardens, Mrs. Dawes and daughter Virginia sped to the Ambassadorial home in Prince's Gate (once J. Pierpont Morgan's), began unpacking furniture. Early the next day Mr. Dawes decked himself in a morning coat, clapped a silk hat on his head, hustled to Paddington Station, where British Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson stood stiffly awaiting. Mr. Dawes grabbed his hand, said something to make him smile, hustled into a train for Windsor to present his credentials to the King. No predecessor had ever done this so soon after...
Other commodity exchanges in Manhattan include National Raw Silk, National Metal, New York Metal, New York Cotton, New York Coffee & Sugar, New York Cocoa, New York Fruit, National Malt & Hop, New York Poultry, New York Produce (oil, flour, provisions, grain) Exchanges...
John David, New York chain store clothier, laid the cornerstone of gala headquarters last week, gave dress prophecies. He envisioned men bare-legged from ankle to knee, wearing roomy shorts instead of trousers, porous and mesh materials, vivid sandals, formal attire of silk or satin knee breeches, cutaway coat, colored waistcoat, buckled shoes...
There was a great folding of silk pajamas and brushing of well cut suits in Paris last week. John Pierpont Morgan, mightiest of U. S. bankers, was leaving town. The nations which fought the World War had agreed at last how the staggering costs and damages were to be paid by the loser Germany. Mr. Morgan's financial prestige and wisdom were no longer required. He gave power-of-attorney to his partner and alternate, Thomas W. Lamont, and boarded the Mauretania for home...
...drove down town, left the car in a hired parking space, and walked to a department store, taking note of her reflection in all the plate glass show windows on the way. In the store she might spend an hour pricing things and perhaps matching a shred of silk, buying a pair of stockings, a small vial of perfume or a box of scented powder. Then she would hurry to keep an engagement to lunch indigestibly with Stella Greeley at a confectioner...