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...took seats in the House of Lords, all eyes rested not on their faces but on their hats. The ladies had not been allowed to choose their own. Instead Sir George Bellew, Garter King of Arms, had chosen one of four designs shown him by the firm of Ede & Ravenscroft, Ltd., robemakers for the Kings of England since the coronation of James II in 1685. His selection: a tricorn lightweight black velour, ornamented on one side with a rosette of gold lace held in place with a small gold sequin button. Worn slightly tilted, it might have had a little...
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...Joel Chandler Harris Jr. undoubtedly knows the language of Southern Negroes, but before his suggested explanation of "spit an' image" be accepted (TIME, Oct. 11), let your readers consider a passage in a 17th Century play. In 1694, Edward Ravenscroft's Canterbury Guests was given its first performance. Scene 2 of Act III is given over to a trumped-up charge against Sir Barnaby Buffler that he is the father of children by two women of unsavory reputation. One of them, Dazie, accuses him as follows...
When U. S. golfers were winning British titles, the Women's Championship was one they never got. Cecil Leitch and Joyce Wethered together won it seven times in eight years. Last British golfer to win the U. S. Women's Championship was Gladys Ravenscroft. She did it in 1913. Pam Barton's victory last week establishes her clearly as No. 1 golfer of her sex. She won the British championship, with most of America's best players entered, last May. Said she last week: "I'll be back next year...