Word: coffining
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...tombs with the names of the kings and queens buried in them remains a matter of great difficulty. The names of twenty-three of the royal persons buried in the north cemetery are still wanting. The rest have been found by the inscriptions in the chapels, or on the coffin benches or on the altars. However, the work of piecing together the fragments of altars is yet incomplete: a few more names may still be connected with their pyramids, and the task of the identification of the kings promises to reach a fairly satisfactory conclusion...
...cheerfully, jesting with those about her, discussing the details of her burial. She had always been fascinated by the idea of death. Among the fantastic tales centering about her is one of a skull in her pos session inscribed with verses by Vic tor Hugo. Another is of a coffin lined with faded letters, rose-petals and other symbols of her reminiscence, in which she slept from time to time. Little beyond rumor is known of her love affairs. She herself used a horsewhip on a rival who published a malicious account of them. Her personality is wrapped in mystery...
...Reverend Henry Sloanc Coffin D. D. pastor of the Madison Avenue Church of New York city and professor of Practical Theology at the Union Theological Seminary, will conduct the services in Appleton Chapel at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning Officers of the University will enter at the north door. Students will enter at the south door unless accompanied by friends, in which case they will use the west entrance...
...business Saturday noon, which was also the day set for the end of the convention. With this end in view, the gathering worked most of Thursday night to elect officers and get the charter signed. This we finally accomplished early Friday morning. Bearing the charter, Mr. Howard E. Coffin, the newly-elected President of the Association, drove to Packard Field. Following his telephoned request, an army plane from Selfridge Field was just landing as he arrived. The aviator saluted as Mr. Coffin approached...
...your service, sir, he said, 'Where shall I go?' 'Hartford, Connecticut,' replied Mr. Coffin, handing the charter to the aviator. In five minutes the airplane was off, and the same night it landed in Hartford, and the document was placed in the hands of the state officials. This marked a saving not only of 24 hours over train time, but of a whole weekend, for, had the charter not arrived before Saturday noon, it could not have been acted upon until Monday morning...