Word: hennaed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Magda Lupescu, henna-haired mistress of King Carol of Rumania, always says, "The interests of Rumania weigh . . . more than any other consideration." Suiting the action to the word, she last week journeyed to Paris, put up at the Hotel Meurice (where the Duke & Duchess of Windsor were also resident) in order to be on hand for the state visit of Carol before he went on to Berlin to discuss trade relations with Field Marshal Goring...
...three were objectionable last week: the National Liberal Party because they were damned as pro-French in a country where Nazi influence is increasing daily; the radical National Peasant Party because it offends King Carol; and the Fascist Iron Guard because it has frequently threatened the King's henna-haired Magda Lupescu with assassination...
...child of an unemployed Welsh miner. "Will the little mother of this doll," wrote Last Year's Woman, "kindly name it Wallis?" During 1937 the $1,350,000 yacht Nahlin on which King Edward and Mrs. Simpson cruised was bought by King Carol of Rumania for his henna-haired Mme Magda Lupescu, who many a Rumanian feels is perennially That Woman of the Year...
Scapegrace King Carol was received at Maryborough House in London last week by discriminating Queen Mary who did not receive his henna-haired Jewish friend, Mme Magda Lupescu. After both Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had called upon His Majesty, King Carol announced with a keen sense of timing that he had just bought the $1,350,000 yacht Nahlin which was leased last year by King Edward VIII for his cruise with Mrs. Wallis Simpson. Said His Majesty: "She is a beautiful vessel, one of the most splendid afloat. I need relief sometimes from State...
...Diego, Calif., plump, henna-haired Mrs- America Will Grant, widow of Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr., sat down on a settee which came from the White House when her father-in-law was the 18th U. S. President, told newshawks of a complaint she has lodged in court against the owners of San Diego's 27-year-old U. S. Grant Hotel, once owned by her husband. Having lived in the hotel rent-free for years, penurious Mrs. Grant was recently ordered to pay $350 a month rent, restrict her use of hotel service to $25 a week. Grumbled...