Word: empress
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Nine years is a long time to be the concubine of any man, especially of the deposed Emperor of China, weak-eyed and sapless Mr. Henry Pu Yi. Last week pretty Shu Fei, that Imperial concubine known euphemistically as "The Empress of the Eastern Court," was the sensation of all China. She had run away from Mr. Pu. She had hired lawyers. Terming her concubinage "marriage" she presumptuously sued for a "divorce...
Died. Charles Stewart Wood, 51, vice president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment and its campaign manager in 1926; of heart disease; on S. S. Empress of Britain on the way to Europe...
...quarter-century ago, ladies developed an enthusiasm for huge, beplumed headgear called "Merry Widow" hats. Their daughters now go in for cranial fillips known as Empress Eugenie hats, but The-Merry Widow, whence came their moth- ers' mode, is still tuneful and gay. Perhaps it is even more tuneful now, for a haunting nostalgia has crept into the lovely melodies of Franz Lehar...
...Archduke Otto of Hungary disappeared from Steenockerzeel Castle in Belgium. All night long excited Hungarian reporters were routing royalists out of bed to learn if Otto was attempting to seize Hungary's vacant throne. They received nothing but spluttering denials. Eventually Otto and his mother, the ex-Empress Zita, were discovered in Switzerland...
...importers. Most other feathers are also imported. China furnishes plumage from swans and peacocks. Pheasant and partridge feathers, the only ones from wild birds which may be imported to the U. S., come from Great Britain. Guinea hen feathers are imported from Italy, barnyard feathers from Czechoslovakia. Thanks to Empress Eugenie, the industry is confident of a good demand until October...