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...second act, Wotan, father of the Gods is found, talking to his daughter, Brunnhilde, one of the Valkyries whom he is sending to help Siegmund win his battle with Hunding. Fricka, Wotan's consort and the protectress of marriage storms at Wotan for Helping Siegmund and says that Hunding, the abused husband, must be aided...
...Netherlands. Queen Wilhelmina, the Prince Consort and Premier Colijn toured the flooded districts in a motorboat followed by a second boat loaded with provisions for distribution to marooned sufferers. The floods in the valleys of the Lek and Waal were described as -"catastrophic." Numberless fresh water dykes burst. The enormous hydro-electric pumps installed against just such an emergency were barely able to save the country from irretrievable damage...
Last week the great, mournful bell of St. Paul's pealed for the first time since the death of Edward VII; tolled for the Dowager Queen Alexandra, his royal consort, who died of a lingering heart trouble at Sandringham, their onetime summer home...
...Dinner was a most imposing affair. Even in the old days at Berlin there was not more ceremony. The ex-Kaiser appeared in a glittering uniform, with decorations sparkling on his breast. . . . His consort (the former Princess Hermine) was magnificently gowned and all the staff were in full uniform. . . . I sat at the ex-Kaiser's right and next to me sat the Lord Chamberlain...
Died. The Dowager Queen Alexandra, consort of Edward VII, at Sandringham (see p. 11, COMMONWEALTH...