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Subbing straw hat riots

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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor

Hi Dmitri, I'll be your sub-ed todaysmiley - ok

A87826053 <--- don't forget to subscribe!smiley - biro

I'm done subbing if you'd like to ok it, I've added a few h2g2 links, corrected some typoes, tweaked a little bit here and there... added a photosmiley - wow

smiley - biggrinI'm happy with it. If you are, it can go back to the pending pile to await its appearance on the FP very soonsmiley - magic

GB
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Subbing straw hat riots

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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Thanks, you lovely person. smiley - hug

Rereading this, I found a couple of instances of my own lack of variety in vocabulary. .The hat-engendered brawl<<

Please replace with 'the hat-engendered donnybrook'.

AND

>>Hats were snatched, men resisted,<<

Replace with: 'Hats were seized, men resisted.'


Otherwise, your work is impeccable, as always. smiley - smiley





Subbing straw hat riots

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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor

smiley - hugthank yousmiley - blush

smiley - okI've tweaked thosesmiley - biro

While we're fine-tuning, I did wonder whether to ask you to reword "He could wear it in a January snowstorm, if he pleased. After all, he was an American." as that's just rehashing Magistrate Hatting's earlier comment.

I was thinking:

In 1925, the US President, one Calvin Coolidge, violated straw hat etiquette. It was remarked on in the New York Times, but no one in Washington, DC, dared to snatch the Chief Executive's boater. He could wear it during hurricane season, if he dared. After all, he was an American.

smiley - smiley


Subbing straw hat riots

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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

smiley - ok I like it - go for it!


Subbing straw hat riots

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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor

Donesmiley - ok

Can I send it back now?smiley - magic


Subbing straw hat riots

Post 6

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Sure. smiley - biggrin


Subbing straw hat riots

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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor

smiley - magic


Subbing straw hat riots

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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor

smiley - run

The polishing Ed has queried:

"By 1910, it had become a habit of playful young men to snatch their friends' belated straw boaters from their heads and destroy them. At the New York Stock Exchange, twenty-something brokers tore the offending objects from their colleagues' heads, and stamped them into trash."

by "twenty-something brokers" - do you mean they were all in their twenties, or there were over 20 men committing the destruction? smiley - smiley

GB
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Subbing straw hat riots

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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

I meant they were in their twenties. smiley - laugh

Amend as desired.


And it's live!

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h2g2 Guide Editors

Fashion Violence: The Straw Hat Riot of 1922 is now part of the Edited Guide. smiley - applauseCongratulations Dmitri!smiley - bubbly

The h2g2 Eds
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And it's live!

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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Thanks, folks - you're the best! smiley - hug


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