Word: duchesses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Panama Canal tolls for January were released last week, His Majesty's Government was discovered to have paid $18,500 toll to the Government of the U. S. in order that the Renown, a huge and potent warcraft, might pass through the Canal carrying the Duke and Duchess of York, sailing toward Australia (TIME...
...present, with Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York on the way to Australia (TIME, Jan. 17 et seq.), the relations of Edward of Wales with his sister were reported less cordial last week than is usual when his undoubtedly charming sister-in-law, the Duchess, is in London. Elizabeth, Duchess of York, is, by now, quietly well-known for her ability to get Edward into a good humor at family gatherings -especially toward Princess Mary and her husband, punctilious Lord Lascelles...
...Renown steamed toward Australia, last week, bearing the Duke and Duchess of York (TIME, Jan. 17 et seq.), news came that the Duchess had devised a special code before leaving England in which radio messages are sent to her concerning the health of her baby, Princess Elizabeth, now under the personal care of the Queen-Empress Mary. Flower names were chosen by the Duchess as baby code words. Rose: well and happy. Dogwood: whooping cough. Lily: sleeps well. Snapdragon: colic...
...Renown stopped at Kingston, Jamaica (British Colony) last week where the Duke tennissed and laid a cornerstone, and the Duchess reviewed Girl Guides. Together they attended the theatre amid an ovation. Thence the Renown steamed to Panama, where they were saluted by the Albion, yacht of Earl Fitzwilliam and the Four Winds, yacht of British Vice Admiral Sir Guy Gaunt, retired, who wanders eccentrically about the globe with a captain and crew who are Chinese...
Tangy whitecaps snickered and huge rollers boomed sea-mirth, last week, as H. M. S. Renown hove to off Las Palmas in the Canary Islands and the Duke and Duchess of York prepared to land amid a heavy sea in the frail royal motor barge...