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...again. It reaches the ankles. Although a poor cleric (such as the brother of the Bishop of London) would not have embroidery on his simple alb, the Bishop's has bespangled wristlets and he could have ornaments on the lower hem if he cared to have them. A Roman Catholic bishop wears an alb, as does, too, the medieval priest of the Eastern Catholic Church. The latter's alb has alternate red and white stripes to signify the blood and bonds of Christ. Chasuble. This (Anglican Church) garb is a heavily embroidered circular garment, sleeveless...
...silvery blimp dipped. A Roman rabble surged and roared. Four plumed steeds cavorted proudly, their path cleared by resplendent policemen. At the Palazzo Chigi out of a triumphal oldtime open coach, stepped General of the Air Umberto Nobile (TIME, Aug. 2, SCIENCE), to be saluted and embraced in person by his swart Excellency, Benito Mussolini. Shortly, master and man appeared on the Chigi balcony, where Mussolini's jowls became suffused with blood, his muscular throat thick with emotion...
...vain," shouted the master of Italy, "did others try to steal the glory. ... I want to say in a voice of thunder that, Italy, it was you who were responsible for this glory!" He wished to recognize "with Roman justice" the merit of Nobile and his men, because "you, an Italian, planned the ship; you, an Italian, with other Italians, built it; and you, an Italian, with other Italians, wisely guided it to the end of the extraordinary voyage...
Personalities who loomed in the news last week as President Calles and his militant pan-Mexican henchmen continued to enforce the anti-Roman Catholic* Mexican Constitution (TIME, Aug. 9 et ante...
Pastoral Staff. The heathen Roman augurs used crooks as insignia. Later, in Christian times and before the advent of seats, the staffs were utilized in the cold old churches as supports to the weak-kneed. They became the special glory of early Christian art, and today are extremely handsome. Naturally mystics associate it with the Shepherd symbol. Once it was suggested that it had often been utilized to hook in the weak-willed and wandering. The Eastern Catholic churchman has a short pole, resembling and being used as an ordinary walking stick...