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Outside the machine are 17 switches and three transformers, which are really dimmers. In the midst of the switches and numerous wires and plugs stands Mr. Scott. A flick of his fingers makes the box a livid red, a brilliant blue, a glaring yellow, an emerald green. He can turn on the three primary colors (remember your physics?) at once and produce nothing but white light with the combination...
...Balmoral luncheon table lay birthday gifts for the Queen-a diamond and emerald bracelet, linked together in a design of Tudor roses and Scottish thistles, from the King, other presents from the little princesses, Queen Mary, and members of the royal family...
...Acting as unofficial press representative, the Duke's faithful U. S. friend, Herman Rogers, issued to newshawks genteel snippets of information: legally changing Mrs. Simpson's name had cost $2.50. . . . Mrs. Warfield had put aside Ernest Simpson's engagement ring for a new emerald from the Duke. ... On Coronation night there was a dinner and card party at the chateau...
Found in 1921: an English Army of Occupation astride Ireland. Fear or sorrow or both oppressed every home, replacing for the time the carefree spirit usually found on the Emerald Isle. The "Informer" pointed up sharply the savagery of the period, and left undone the story of the personal tragedies behind the killings. So splendid and beautiful is Samuel Goldwyn's "Beloved Enemy" that no other picture of the romance in the civil war is likely to be filmed for some time to come...
...ordinary box. Reason: although Mrs. Simpson was seated unobtrusively in the shadowed rear of the Royal Box, she was none the less occupying it, in the absence of King Edward in South Wales. With Mrs. Simpson was a large party of whom the ostensible hostess was Maude Alice ("Emerald") Lady Cunard. As usual, stately Lady Cunard was in full sail with her famed cargo of rubies. Mrs. Simpson, who was recently provided with a $750,000 emerald and diamond necklace (TIME, Oct. 12), wore last week only a new set of diamonds. Next morning London society columns omitted Mrs. Simpson...