Word: descendantal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The new Knight of the Thistle is the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Claud George Bowes-Lyon, a descendant of Scottish kings far more ancient in lineage than is Britain's Royal House. The Earl, pious and as Scotch as the Thistle itself, is at pains to uphold the...
H. H. Rung, Oberlin B. A. 1906, Yale M. A. 1907, Oberlin Honorary LL.D. 1926, is the 75th lineal descendant of Confucius (most revered Sage of China), and also a brother-in-law of President Chiang.
Soon Conquering Lion Tafari, who claims to be a descendant of Biblical King Solomon, was crowned, and a seven-day feast began. It was made all the merrier by the arrival of a cablegram from London:
The Aga Khan is a descendant of the True Prophet, and a gallant gentleman. "Take this, Ma'm'selle," he said, handing her a huge oblong chip. "I make only one condition. You must never play baccarat again."
Other fellow passengers of Secretary Kellogg were: Stockmarketeer W. C. Durant; President Charles Edwin Mitchell of the National City Bank; Mr. & Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt; Cinemactress Dolores del Rio; Cinema director Edwin Carewe (attended by nurses for his nervous breakdown) ; and one Miss Agnes Boone, "dancing bathing beauty," soi disant...