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Article XXXVIII. The King may not profess any other religion than the Orthodox religion. Exception is made for the present King. (The "present King" meant was King Ferdinand, father of Boris, who was reigning in Bulgaria when the Constitution was last revised in 1911. Ex-King Ferdinand, who abdicated in 1918, has always remained Roman Catholic...
...arrival abroad of the A. E. F. might have been: "Von Steuben, we are here!"- The Frenchman Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de la La Fayette, was of very slightly more aid to the American revolutionary cause than was the German Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand, Baron von Steuben. Von Steuben, experienced Prussian officer, became in 1778 Inspector General of the Continental Army. He drilled recruits, made soldiers. In 1781 he watched his soldiers defeat the British at Yorktown. Congress, grateful for his services, gave him a gold-hilted sword, $2,400-per-year pension...
...widespread, battled search which followed chased vain clues throughout New England, into Canada, as far south as Orlando, Fla. Once Judge Crater was thought to have joined his old law associate, U. S. Senator Robert Ferdinand Wagner, in Europe. Several Broadway girls professed acquaintance with him. Showgirl June Manners, said to be his friend, also was reported missing...
...moment with the ripping out of her telephone? The realistic attitude of typical Rumanians is merely this: No one disputes the legitimacy of King Carol, Prince Nicholas or their sisters, the former Queen Elisabeth of Greece and the present Queen Marie of Jugoslavia. If, after giving King Ferdinand these four children, Her Majesty then gave Prince Babu Stirbey her last and youngest child. Princess Ileana, is that anyone's business but her own? In Rumania it is not. In Rumania the sanctity of the orthodox patriarch of the National Church, His Holiness Miron Cristea, is not held to be impaired...
...seven successive days with an added appearance on Saturday and Sunday. She was, of course, Contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink who for four years past has been saying farewell to her public. Her vaudeville debut last week accompanied the showing of Mamba, scenario of which was written by her son Ferdinand. Her recipe for endurance : "I know how to sing now. I don't shout as I did when I was young." Mme Schumann-Heink's 69th birthday speech: "Some day, of course, I shall die. Out on the stage I would sing the last note of a song...