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Queen Elizabeth, slim, valiant helpmate of slim, valiant King Albert I of the Belgians, received last week a sprig of 19 roses, roses that smelled sweetly of balsam and musk, the gracious appreciation of a noble woman held in high esteem by His Holiness Pius XI, who was born Achille Ratti, a papal gift for her silver wedding anniversary. The roses were artificial and constituted the famed Golden Rose...
...Pope Clement VII). These smiths have tinted lightly the petals of this Rose with pink, the leaves with green, so that the spray glistens with a heart-stopping iridescence of varied movement and light. To aid verisimilitude the spray contains a secret phial which the Pope himself filled with balsam and essence of musk before handing it to Monsignor Ferdinand de Croji, whom he charged to deliver it to Queen Elizabeth as a testimonial of his esteem. The Rose, for the benefit of the calculating, weighs 1.100 kilograms (2b.). The base bears the inscription in Latin: "To Elizabeth, Queen...
...titles of the poems are "Hymn to the Deathless," "The Dying Man at Marib," "Dying Man To His Soul," "Interlude," "Nenette Dances," "The City," "Ballade of the Garland," "The Wrestlers," "Necromancy," and "Burnt Musk and Balsam...
...Chairman A. R. Balsam, Margaret Nas; J. F. Lincoln, Madeline Bastian; P. R. Lincoln, Dorothy Gray; H. B. Tyson, Eleanor Gilligan; A. W. Jones, Priscilla Sargent; J. M. Cooper, Virginia Cross...
...following members of the sub-committee will graduate in June; A. R. Balsam '23, G. T. Barker '23, R. F. Bradford '23, B. DeL. Nash '23, and H. C. Stetson...