Word: dressing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have reminded each other not to forget evening jackets and boiled shirts in their baggage. We have drawn ourselves lovely pictures of dining elegantly in mid-air with Commodore Eckener at the head of a flower-decked table . . . but . . . leather coats, woollies and furs will be our evening dress. Hot soup and steaming stew more welcome than cold caviar and chicken salad...
Such were the questions which sophisticated Europeans discussed last week. For from Vienna came a report that the Bulgarian Government had decided that teachers should no longer dress at will, but should, instead, wear uniforms. But, also, European sophisticates, knowing how many unfounded rumors start in Vienna, gave only moderate credence to the story...
...dress differently here than we do, not that New College is especially fashionable, but everyone there wears a well cut coat and flannel slacks; here the most prominent men make no effort to present a smart appearance...
...miscellaneous clothing and other wearing apparel are now at the disposal of needy students, it has been announced through the Phillips Brooks House. Upon application to the graduate secretary students may have an opportunity of securing, among other things, white flannel trousers, riding boots, shoes, socks, shirts, underwear, dress suits, hats, sweat shirts, gym pants, and other bits of dress...
...Democratic Party, as exemplified by its Presidential Nominee Alfred Emanuel Smith, has been christened "Diamond Lil" by the New York American (Hearst daily). A series of political cartoons† depicts her as part donkey, part woman, with big pearls around her neck, with tight-fitting, scanty black dress. She usually goes riding in an automobile with a tiger flunky and a chauffeur labelled RASKOB. Some days ago, Diamond Lil had an accident, an explosion caused by the Maine election. Her automobile was blown to smithereens. The story beneath the cartoon told...