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...anxiety felt in the Empire over the protracted bachelor days of the Prince of Wales was considerably aggravated by the denial of another marriage rumor. Lady Blythswood said there was no truth in the report that her daughter Olive was to marry the Prince. In the meantime court circles are growing desperate. Perhaps Edward is already in love with someone unsuited to fill the position of second lady in the land! George R. I. is a philatelist. He invited Arthur Hind, U. S. millionaire stamp collector, to tea at Buckingham Palace, where they had a good talk about things philatel...
...Union dinner this evening at 7 o'clock. Judge Grant, in addition to his legal accomplishments, is well known as a novelist, essayist, and author of short stories, including "The Confessions of a Frivolous Girl", 'The Little Tin God on Wheels", "An Average Man", "The Knave of Hearts", "The Bachelor's Christmas", 'The Convictions of a Grandfather", and many other volumes. He holds from Harvard the degrees of A.B. (1873), Ph.D. (1876), and LL.B. (1899) and from Columbia that of Litt.D...
...inhabitants of the United States have little or no brains, and education can add little to their intelligence". Not more than 50 per cent of our population is capable of completing high school, and less than 10 per cent could meet the requirements for a Bachelor's degree...
...Congressman, then to another?a more successful one. Things were booming. Then a love affair cost him his job. He turned to newspaper work and discovered how many anxious organizations and individuals are ready to pay to get their names in the papers and how valuable a young, presentable bachelor may make himself in the incessant social life of Washington. He capitalized both discoveries and soon made connections with a large, conservative, lobbying organization while doing unofficial press agent work for a few semi-prominent personalities on the side...
Every year, committees at Oxford and Cambridge, established for this purpose, will select the three applicants who, in their opinion, best represent the highest type of university men, basing their choice upon character and general standing. The scholarships will be open to any undergraduate or bachelor of arts in actual residence, but preference will be given to second year students in so far as they may qualify in the discretion of the English committees. The American universities have agreed to furnish these scholars free tuition, each admitting one man from Oxford and one from Cambridge for the period...