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...volumes of the Blood Stock Breeders Review. In the friendly atmosphere of English tenantry toward their Duke no less than 94 ash trays and 61 lamps came in, along with the presents of Queen Mother Mary, King George & Queen Elizabeth, for as Burke's Peerage says: "The Ducal and illustrious Howards stand, next to the Blood Royal, at the head of the Peerage of England...
...port him and two daughters until his death in 1915. After the War, like many another English author, she went to Hollywood. There she found the pickings good, stayed nearly seven years. To her own labors there she credits such reforms in cinema sets as spittoonless ducal drawing rooms. She says she taught such stars as Valentino and Gloria Swanson how to make convincing love before a camera...
...years of teaching in Europe at the Grand Ducal School, during which time he applied his own ideas of instruction to his students, have given him all the background and experience that could possibly be deemed necessary along these lines. There he stressed the practical approach to architecture; this emphasis, and also his theory that architecture should be studied as a social science, and not merely an aesthetic art, indicate that Mr. Gropius thoroughly understands the modern spirit, which demands utility and comfort in its buildings as well as beauty. He was among the first to realize the growing importance...
...darling of British dowagers last week, because he had set an example to King Edward and become engaged to the right sort of girl, was England's Most Eligible Bachelor No. 2, the Duke of Norfolk. As Burke's Peerage says, "The Ducal and illustrious Howards stand, next to the Blood Royal, at the head of the Peerage of England." Last week 28-year old Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, Premier Duke, Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal and Chief Butler of England, momentarily put out of mind his beauteous and horsy fiancee, the Hon. Lavinia...
...After her marriage to His Britannic Majesty she will also take one of his ducal titles, becoming the Duchess of Lancaster or the Duchess of Cornwall, probably the former...