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...auspicious moment decreed by the astrologers, the King draped the royal five-colored scarf of Bhutan's Kings over his shoulders in the presence of the country's chief lama, the Jey Khempo. No other hands than theirs are ever allowed to touch the sacred silk. In an earlier ceremony, the King had already been given the Bhutanese crown, a silver-and-silk hat embroidered with three skulls and topped by the head of a raven, which is supposed to protect him from harm throughout his reign...
...film was about to open at his friendly neighborhood theatre, the Harvard Square, where it is now playing (adv.) and where his request for a reviewer's pass would have been honored, allowing him to observe, among other things, that Audrey Hepburn never, never wears four-inch heels. Jey A. W. Pratt, Harvard Square Theatre...
Died. His Highness Raj Rishi Shri Sewai Sir Jey Singhji Veerendra Shiromani Dev, Bharat Dharam Prabhakar, 55, Maharaja of Alwar, exiled in 1933 by the British after an agrarian uprising for which he was held responsible; of apoplexy, possibly resulting from hip and shoulder fractures received when he fell down a stairway upon leaving a squash court; in Paris. He traveled with 400 trunks and a retinue of 25, including an orchestra...
Lean, hard Sir Jey Singhji Bahadur, Maharaja of Alwar. is the man who annually distributes his weight in silver to the poor. Polo and racquets keep him down to about $500 worth. In January H. H. sent out a hurry call for British troops, insisting that 15,000 bearded Meos tribesmen were terrorizing Hindu shopkeepers, making things too hot for his own little army of 500. The troops came, the revolt stopped instantly (TiME...
...Maharaja of Alwar, Colonel His Highness Sir Jey Singhji: I propose not a Federation of India but the United States of India. . . . To me "The United States of India" sounds more grand...