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...famed socialite, Lord Hyde was married three years ago before the High Altar of Westminster Abbey, a privilege generally reserved for royalty. The Bishop of Kimberley said services for him on the railway platform, a special train carried his body to Cape Town en route to Britain...
With heart and brains removed, the body of Josef Pilsudski, Dictator of Poland, lay in an oak coffin before the high altar of St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw last week. Outside a drenching cold rain was falling, and so great was the crowd of mourners in the cathedral square that several had their arms broken, dozens were trampled on, scores fainted...
...give sentiment and magic a freer hand, Author Williamson puts his tale in rural Germany. Fraulein Emma, a middle-aged spinster, lives alone in her isolated cottage, with her canary, cat and dog. Years ago her Lover Josef left her practically at the altar; her whole life has become one mnemonic system to keep his memory green and rankling. One stormy night the canary gets out of its cage and, terrified by the cat, escapes into the woods. Fraulein Emma searches in vain, finds instead a lovely young girl, Liesl, whom she brings home with her. Liesl cannot stand...
...City Hall an impressive nuptial altar had been raised to no God or gods but to Dr. Sun Yatsen, "Father of the Chinese Revolution," and as holy to China as Lenin is to Russia. Between pack-jammed ranks of 1,200 neck-craning relatives, 57 couples advanced with diffidence, two couples at a time. Mayor Wu, officiating, encouraged each bride and groom to bow thrice to a statue of Dr. Sun, twice to each other and once to Mayor Wu. He then handed to each bridegroom a satisfying certificate done in multi-colored inks and the marriage was complete...
...good florist and do business all through him. He then gets to know the vases and how to make up his piece so that it fits. . . . Be sure to choose a florist who has fresh, first class merchandise. 'Seconds' are noticeably inferior when placed on the altar, and they wilt rapidly...