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Married. Mulai Idriss, son and heir of the Sultan of Morocco, tc the daughter of El Glaowi, pasha of Marrakech; at Marrakech, Morocco. El Glaowi thus achieves his life ambition, to ally his family with that of Mohammed. Thousands of sheiks, nobly mounted, resplendent in white silk robes, multi-colored burnouses, attended. Beeves, steers, sheep revolved over log fires, fed 8,000 guests. Fountains radiated jeweled light, the populace danced in the streets, fireworks soared. Two other sons and a daughter of the Sultan having been wed at the same time, the potentate offered a new costume...
...when analogous overproduction occurred, the relief cry was "Buy a Bale." The present cry is "Wear Cotton." Last week the only woman judge in the South, Virginia Henry Mayfield, at Birmingham, put out a reason: The adoption by southern women of more cotton clothing, instead of sensuous silk, would reduce work in the divorce courts; the return to past styles would give contentment in the home and aid to the farmer...
Forty-one thousand persons, including Vice President Dawes, saw the hunchbacks of Notre Dame come out in silk football pants (an innovation designed to lighten the uniform) and wrestle up and down the field while the cheering section bellowed "Wynn." That gentleman, together with Back Edwards and Hearndon, managed in the last period to penetrate Northwestern's strong defense. Score: Notre Dame, 6; Northwestern...
...green velvet with a close fitting hat) than she sallied forth again to the establishments of Patou and Redfern (in a regal purple hat exactly matching a long swishing cloak). Behind stepped Princess Ileana, demure in a blue frock, a leopard fur clasped about her throat, a small tan silk...
...Britain: "The secret leaked out last week that recently, when I passed through Paris on my way home from Aix-les-Bains, I arrived at the French capital asleep, though the hour was 10 a. m. Rubbing startled eyes, I beheld through the window of my sleeping compartment a silk-hatted delegation of welcome from President Doumergue. Discomfited but not nonplused I dressed hastily and managed to receive my well-wishers just before my car was switched onto a train destined for Calais...