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Simultaneously the U. S. Embassy in Moscow was preparing for one of the few big "diplomatic weddings" and receptions since the Great Powers entered into diplomatic relations with the Bolsheviks. The bridegroom, Embassy Disbursing Officer George Minor, had gone to Finland to fetch the bride, Miss Mildred Wright of Charleston, W. Va. who thought it would be romantic to be married in Moscow. There is in Moscow no church with a U. S. pastor, but Bridegroom Minor had retained the services of Moscow's one Protestant clergyman, Reverend A. Streck. Herr Streck's parents were German...
...intellectual give-and-take between nations, which forms the underlying and unifying theme of this miscellany, is, according to Voltaire, like the fire on our hearth; we fetch it at our neighbor's we light it at home, we hand it on to others, and it belongs to everyone. "Harvard et la France", is in itself proof of the persistence and intensity of this flame. It is not only a fitting testimonial of respect from Joan Sorbon to John Harvard, but a substantial contribution to cultural history...
...left her free to marry Alesandro (Don Ameche, late of NBC's Grand Hotel hour). They had a happy life until white usurpers put them oft the land they farmed. Trekking in the rain to new lands, their baby be came ill. Alesandro stole a horse to fetch the medicine that might save his daughter. Tracked down and killed by the horse's owner, he left Ramona to dubious happiness with Phillipe...
...Poet Robert Ranke Graves promptly tipped off the Daily Express that Sarah's ticket had been paid for by Comedian Vic Oliver, who had offered her a job in U. S. vaudeville, plus a wedding ring. Instantly Father Churchill dispatched Son Randolph on the Queen Mary to fetch Daughter Sarah back. Meanwhile inquiring Manhattan newshawks found Vic Oliver in a Broadway Hotel. Spouted he: "Miss Churchill is just another girl to me. ... I know 25,240 girls all over the world. . . . I need a job myself...
...ballerinas who fetch the most applause are Tamara Toumanova, Tatiana Riabouchinska and Irina Baronova, all in their teens. Toumanova, a dark-skinned Caucasian, was born on a train in Siberia as her parents were attempting to escape from the Revolution. At 7, in Paris, she was praised by Pavlova who gave her a bouquet; Toumanova still cherishes its withered leaves and dried-up blossoms...