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Although the silk-producing area of Japan was for the most part out of the zone devastated by the earthquake, about 25% of the silk-reeling plants of the country were reported as ruined, along with large stocks of silk burned in Tokyo and Yokohama. The industry in consequence faces a shortage of the raw material, accompanied ly uncertain prices on high levels...
Equipped with white gloves and a white silk topper, he attended the ship's masquerade ball. His appearance called forth laughter, which he took for applause. " He drew himself up proudly and marched about the hall...
...present settlement of the vexatious Irish question. For this act he has been both reviled and admired. Lord Birkenhead's legal career started at Gray's Inn, of which legal establishment he is now a Bencher. He became a King's Counsellor, or to use legal phraseology, he took silk, in 1908. In 1915 he became Solicitor General and in the same year was appointed Attorney General, a post which he held until 1919, when he was appointed to the Woolsack in the House of Lords as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. This is the highest legal post obtainable...
Dressed in a tailcoat and silk hat (the first time he had worn a silk hat on the trip) the President went ashore with Mrs. Harding, as a land battery fired another salute. Awaiting him were James H. King, Canadian Minister of Public Works; John Oliver, Prime Minister of British Columbia, and Mayor Charles Tiedall of Vancouver. Entering motor cars, the party drove through streets lined with cheering crowds and decorated with bunting and innumerable Canadian and American flags...
Finally, La Presse rues " the good old days when silk hats were not abandoned until after the Grand Prix and no one followed the fashion of the (then) Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), who smoked a pipe in the street...