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...heart disease; in Queens, Long Island, N.Y. Death came at the home of her secretary, whose mother cared for Mrs. Fiske's 10-year-old adopted son. In accordance with her fervent wish, announcement of her death was delayed 24 hr. No one saw her in her coffin. Only three persons attended her funeral. Born of a theatrical family, Mrs. Fiske began her career at the age of three; it extended, except for a four year retirement after she married Harrison Grey Fiske, until she was forced to relinquish her engagement in Chicago last November. A strict vegetarian...
...Honolulu Ukulele Words and music by HAROLD COFFIN Honolulu...
...London, Dr. Jekyll brews broth of Hell, gulps down his potation, and with many a phthisical cough turns into "Mr. 'Ide," the terror of Limehouse. In Germany, Bavarian merrymaking is stilled as Frankenstein's monster stalks abroad. And somewhere in the English countryside, Count Dracula pushes up his mouldering coffin-lid, flicks the gravedirt from his shoulders, and adjusts his cravat for a pleasant evening...
...Guns boomed, bells pealed, fireworks flared in Goa, Portuguese India last week as 10,000 persons milled through the Bom Jesus Church to kiss the feet of St. Francis Xavier, whose coffin was opened for public veneration for the 13th time since his death in 1552. The corpse was officially reported to be "in good condition." During the next month a million pilgrims are expected to view it. St. Francis Xavier, one of St. Ignatius Loyola's associates in founding the Society of Jesus, is regarded by his church as the greatest missionary since the time of the Apostles...
...estate, estimated at some $3.910.000. For the immediate relief of poor mothers and their children in Glasgow went an additional $312,000. Sir Thomas was buried in Glasgow last week, beside his parents in the cemetery known as the Southern Necropolis. Hundreds of humble citizens marched past his coffin and admired the floral offerings. The chancel of grimy St. George's Church was bright as a newly opened Greek restaurant with anchors, shamrocks, lifebuoys. Irish harps and a large model of S. S. Leviathan on which Sir Thomas had traveled so often, in roses, lilies and chrysanthemums. Chief mourners...