Word: silk
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...show last week agreed with Mrs. Macdonald. Bilbo's sloppy, raw-hued pirates, animals, nudes and caricatures of Hitler looked as if he had dipped his gat in the paint pot and then let fly at the canvas. But with metropolitan art critics, the astute, silk-toppered Artist Sir William Rothenstein, the Duke of Kent and bevies of Mayfair socialites swarming to see his pictures, and with the whole show bought by Scottish Art Dealer Andrew G. Elliot, the bushy-headed, self-styled ex-gangster pal could well afford to smile...
...Supplied most of her raw silk (which accounted for 65.9% of her total imports from Japan last year...
...Took 80.4% of her raw silk exports ($83,651,000 worth last year...
...bill from dapper Gangster Lawyer Julius Richard ("Dixie") Davis, who this week finishes a stay in The Bronx County jail for participating in the Dutch Schultz policy racket, swank Haberdasher Amos Sulka went to court. Some items: shirts at $18.25 (one day Customer Davis bought 16), handkerchiefs at $3, silk drawers* at $12.50, socks at $5.25 a pair, two "ladies' lounge suits" at $105 each...
...rose after 72 hours of continuous funning, the guests packed their bright tents and departed, leaving the Misses Evans with piles of gifts: Indian jewelry, saddles, beaded costumes, silk underwear and stockings...