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...time-to the center of the ballroom floor. Then, to the slow, stately strains of the violins, they point their feet, bow, turn about and sweep elegantly into an unfamiliar step. The dance is the courtly Varsoviana, brought to America from the palaces of Europe by Mexico's Emperor Maximilian; the man who puts his foot out so skillfully is Hotelman Conrad Nicholson Hilton, who calls the tune for the $293 million Hilton Hotel chain. Hilton has adopted the obscure Varsoviana as a ceremonial dance of good luck with which to open each of his new hotels-and lately...
...riot in June 1954 injured some 50 persons, forced Liberal Premier Shigeru Yoshida to cancel a long-planned trip to the U.S. and apologize to the Emperor. Survivors of that fight recall the arrival of an opposition leader, Bu-kichi ("Big Badger") Miki, who vehemently objected to Western dress and always wore a kimono. He showed up for the fight dressed in army fatigues and combat boots, explained to colleagues that "you can't kick with a kimono on, you know...
Christian hermits began to settle on Athos about the middle of the 9th century. In 959 St. Athanasios, a learned monk, fled to the peace of the Holy Mount rather than accept an appointment as confessor to the Byzantine Emperor. There, he said, the Virgin appeared before him and promised her perpetual protection for the monastery he was building. Eventually, about 80 monks joined him to complete Great Lavra. Today the monastic population is about 2,000, divided into cenobites, who live, work and pray together, and idiorrhythmic monks, who have tiny cottages and apartments and gather only...
...19th century by Empress Victoria of Germany. "Nothing should avert the eye," she instructed the architect, and nothing does. Surrounded by an extensive park through which an 18-hole golf course now meanders, the castle holds the empress' extensive library and art collection. Guests can scrawl postcards at Emperor Frederick Ill's personal desk. The hotel beds 60 at prices ranging from $16 a day to $45 (for a suite...
...Schloss Auel, 16 miles outside Bonn, was built at least six centuries ago, remodeled 400 years later. Napoleon slept there; his canopy bed, lengthened to accommodate the man-sized Emperor Alexander I of Russia during his stay, is still there. More recent guests include former West German President Theodor Heuss, Henry Ford II, and Margaret Truman. The hotel was recently expanded to 40 rooms, each furnished differently. Prices range from $7.50 for a double to $11.25 for a suite...