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...memorialize the passing of its leader. . . . True in history he was King of all the Britons by the grace of God, (though actually by the grace of Parliament); Defender of the Faith-the English Faith-a Catholicism without a Pope (a title accorded to Henry VIII by the Pope); Emperor of India, living symbol and standard bearer of white civilization ruling over Asiatic peoples. But in life he was above all a gourmet; the symbol of the pleasures of life; dictator of modes; regulating all other ways of life to the way of enjoyment, and living to enjoy while living...
...illustrate the Eastern sources of this art, there are included a Coptic book, the "Eulogies of the Virgin," a Persian on natural history interspersed with medicine, and a Greek, believed to have been written by the emperor's scribes in Constantinople. The story then begins with the first revival of the arts under Charlemagne, shown in the ancient Rheims Gospel and the "Golden Latin Gospels, called "of Henry the Eighth." Both being of the ninth century, are in Byzantine style, the latter all in letters of burnished gold on purple vellum, is among the most beautiful and important documents here...
...Patiala rode in a State carriage behind his King, together with His Majesty's other Honorary Indian Aides-de-Camp: H. H. the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, H. H. the Maharaja of Bikaner and the Nawab Malik Sir Umar Hayat Khan. In this attendance on the King Emperor the kings find their highest prestige. Because the Maharaja of Bikaner is today the Prince in waiting to George V of the Indian Empire, he plans to stop in London for a year. English friends call him "The Englishman," their highest praise. Last week "The Englishman" took an entire floor...
...mountains of congratulations which poured in on the 25th anniversary of their accession. Only one of these messages made world news, that from Adolf Hitler: "Cordial wishes . . . warm sympathy . . . benediction for the entire world." This Herr Hitler signed modestly not with his present title Realmleader-more grandiose than Emperor- but merely with his subsidiary title Chancellor...
...Rumania, the Prince of Wales, Queen Mother Elisabeth of the Belgians, Alfonso of Spain; autographed photographs of Elisabeth, Alfonso, many a notable in government and medicine:* decorations from Belgium, France, Spain, Rumania. Fastened to red velvet and framed in gold is the "original key used by the ex-Emperor of Germany during his sojourn in France at the Hotel du Nord, Charleville...