Word: bouquet
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...Queen, dressed entirely in white relieved only by a bouquet of mauve orchids, was accompanied by her consort, Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, drove through The Hague, was welcomed by choral bodies singing the Wilhelmus, and civic, naval and military assemblies. Long and loud were the cheers ot "God save the Queen!" Little Princess Juliana, Holland's future Queen, also received a tremendous ovation from the people. The enthusiasm displayed was said to be rare in Holland. At night the city was a "fairyland of colored lights."; The festivities lasted until Sept...
...people and was the starting point of the famous White Horse Trail in the days of the great gold rush to the Yukon. The President went to the chief hotel and delivered a short address, reviewing the history of the town. Mrs. Harding was presented with a bouquet of dahlias, each flower almost a foot in diameter. There the President became a member of the Arctic Brotherhood and took an oath never to maltreat horse...
...Louis 14 seven-passenger automobiles took the Presidential party from the train. Mayor Kiel presented the first lady of the land with a bouquet of orchids, natives of seven tropical countries: Brazil, Colombia, Ceylon, Mexico, China, India, Guatemala. All of them had been grown in the Missouri Botanical Garden. In the afternoon the President spoke to a convention of Rotarians and in the evening addressed an audience of 12,000 on the World Court...
...called marathon dancing was handed another bouquet when the French Dancing Federation announced that hard-boiled shirts and evening dress would be de rigeur from 8 P. M. to 6 A. M. during the six-day contest now taking place in Paris. In the daytime soft shirts and soft white collars are prescribed...
Jane Cowl: "When I passed my 100th performance as Juliet, the other members of the cast presented me with a facsimile of a first folio of Shakespeare, and a bouquet containing every flower mentioned in Shakespeare's plays, except rue, emblematic of sorrow...