Word: earling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Rumored early last week was the startling suggestion that the Earl of Birkenhead, recently resigned as Secretary of State for India, would take over the editorship of Britannia, to which he has regularly contributed. Denial of this persistent report by Inveresk Ltd. was coupled with the announcement that "publication of Britannia will be continued under the direction of the present editor, Crawfurd Price...
...Earl Carroll, producer of musical shows, whose hospitality on one occasion was so extravagant as to cause him to lie and go to jail for four months, last week made preparations for a new revue. His preparations included an inspection of would-be chorines, of whom he allegedly required that they strut naked in front of him, so that he could observe their defects...
...chorines, whether because they were shy, or because they wanted publicity, or because they were not awarded jobs, raged at this requirement. They caused the New York Daily News to print their pictures with stories damning Earl Carroll, quoting George White, "Ziggy" and such showmen as being shocked by Earl Carroll's nude parade. The effort to start another Earl Carroll rumpus failed; District Attorney Joab H. Banton pointed out that even if the chorines were telling the truth, Earl Carroll had committed no crime...
King of Arms. The Sovereign could now dismiss all anxiety for the safe administration of the Realm. But his wise preparation for even Death heightened, stirred and put on their mettle the Earl Marshals of Arms, the two Kings of Arms, the six Heralds and the four Pursuivants. Should Death come it would be the awesome duty of these 13 personages to make oral proclamation, some three days after the event*, from the Friary Court balcony of St. James's Palace; and thereafter and furthermore to proclaim the accession of the new Sovereign, proclaim it again at Charing Cross...
...four Pursuivants-Rouge Croix, Bluemantle, Port Cully, and Rouge Dragon -are chiefly useful in seeking and receiving the permission of the Lord Mayor for the Earl Marshal and Kings of Arms to enter the "City of London**." The final proclamation is made by Norroy King of Arms, at present Arthur William Steuart Cochrane...