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...Works & Public Buildings Office ordered that, as a measure of economy, the deer in Richmond Park are no longer to be fed by keepers in gold-braided silk hats; they must wear ordinary peaked caps...
...words for the Hemingway anthem : We are the Hemingways The Horrible Hemingways We'd rob the blind man of his cup Or steal a baby's milk You'd think we're on the up and up But we're as smooth as silk. (Chorus) We are the Hemingways The Horrible Hemingways We'd steal an orphan's pocketbook Or rob a widow's mite The Horrible Hemingways - That's We! When aged Oilman Edward Laurence Doheny sought to become a Hemingway, he was firmly blackballed. Undaunted, he gave a party...
More and more does Chicago become conscious of its obligations to itself as a great city. With an eye to the World's Fair of 1933 it is learning to wear a silk hat and carry a gold-headed stick. Last week was added a new note of Chicago elegance...
...Coolidges were our guests here July 3-6 (Fourth being Cal-birthday), before they went up to Plymouth. Mrs. Coolidge then wore the pretty crocheted white lace (note: Mrs. Stearns wasn't positive about the fabric-thought it might be silk or silk-and-wool) beret, with a small feather or some other ornamental touch. Her black-hair was tightly folded up under the cap. The resultant smooth hairline at the neck probably gave careless observers the bob idea...
...down the straightaway. Calumet Butler was still a nose ahead as they slid, their heads low, backs flat and steady, under the wire. Grizzled and taciturn, like many a harness driver and many a farmer who saw the race, 62-year-old Richard McMahon, dressed in blue and crimson silk, was hailed to a microphone to voice an opinion on his victory. Said he: "It was my life's ambition to win this race. My only regret is that Mr. Wright will never know...