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...with England was Englishman Robinson that his will contains a further, ingenious clause: if any hitch prevents German veterans from accepting his money, it is to go to Dutch veterans of the Boer War against England, and the cash in this event will be handled by General Rt. Hon. Jan Christiaan Smuts, famed Boer-turned-Briton...
...book published last week called The Truth about Wagner,* Their reference is to Mein Leben, perhaps the most elaborate autobiographical account left by an artist. Authors Hum and Root claim now that much of it is false, base their statements on a manuscript collection made by the late Hon. May Burrell, wife of the Hon. Willoughby Burrell, daughter of a mathematics professor at Trinity College. Dublin. Mrs. Burrell had herself intended to write a Wagner biography, accumulated a vast amount of invaluable literature to that end. But for the 30-odd years since her death it has lain neglected...
...July, 1929, the house occupied by Horace VanEveren at 13 Kirkland Place was moved southward 30 feet to make way for the Biological Institute. At the same time the residences of Professor W. W. Fenn '$4 and of Professor G. F. Moore, Hon, '06 Emeritus, were moved north...
...ever died more charmingly than the Earl of Balfour at 81 last week in the home of his brother and heir Rt. Hon. Gerald William Balfour. A bachelor to the last, he whispered to his nurse. "Is it the end?" She nodded and he motioned for his valet, Coltman. who came with streaming eyes. "Shake hands." whispered the Earl, and Coltman clasped his master's hand, choking with emotion. "Goodbye, James! Thank you very much for all you have done for me."-such were the last words of the Earl of Balfour...
Married. Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, twice-divorced second Duke of Westminster, most spectacular of England's richest peers; and Loelia Ponsonby, daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby, keeper of the Privy Purse; in London. To his bride the Duke gave the famed Porter-Rhodes diamond, to his tenants, remission of arrears, one week's rent...