Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Martinelli (as the prophet whose fanatical followers crown him a Dutch Rex in 16th Century Holland) put aside his tendency to blustery winds of song and wrung his effects from masterful restraint. Amid settings by Joseph Urban the "Ice Ballet" was realistically skated without ice, the castle was dynamited without dynamite, and the penultimate coronation scene achieved a splendor eclipsed only by such scenic orgies as the Metropolitan's Turandot...
...King's honor on his departure from Cairo. It seems that the conduct of King Amanullah during his visit to Cairo was not acceptable to them, and the cause of controversy seems to be the royal headgear. It is not that the King has overstepped the prerogatives of his crown, but rather that he has slighted them, and by so doing has injured their prestige. For the Ulemas are deseribed as religious leaders among the Moslems, and their sense of the fitness of things has been rudely jarred by the sight of King Amanullah wearing a white...
...hoped that they will take steps to see that the traditions of Afghanistan are not lightly treated, that those past generations of Afghans may not have cause to turn over in their graves. The problem is a delicate one. "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown", but how much more precarious it is for a royal head that wears a white top hat when it should be a fez, or at least its "Afghan equivalent...
...King-Emperor accepted both these pieces of advice, last week. Mr. McNeill will take office as Governor General late in January. His appointment does not mean that Irishmen are dissatisfied with crusty but beloved Governor General Timothy Healy. It merely happens that "Tim" has vice-regally represented the Crown for the customary period of five years and that the appointment of his successor is a matter of empire "routine...
...Appointee McNeill is virtually unknown; but Britons are content that he should represent the Crown because of his long and faithful service to the Government of India. From 1888 to 1912 he held various posts in the administration of Bombay, later being charged with educative work to combat the plague throughout India. His brother, Irish Free State Minister of Education John McNeill, reputedly secured his appointment, four years ago, as first High Commissioner of the Irish Free State at London...