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Died. Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, 65, in Flatow, Germany. He was a cousin of ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II who once boxed his ears, tore the decorations from his uniform, banished him from the army and Germany for beating Princess Louisa Sophie (his wife) with a riding whip. He was known as "Europe's greatest spendthrift." In 1926 it was claimed that when Americans were subscribing millions for starving Germans he was feeding his 80 hounds on tenderloin steaks, offering creamed sweetbreads to his lapdog. Bibulous, he made his body servant drink three bottles of champagne in quick succession...
Both M. van Zeeland and the Associated Press omitted one important cause of Belgium's prosperity, her African colonies. Much water has flowed under many bridges since the bold bad days of King Leopold and the rubber atrocities in the Congo. Today the Belgian Congo produces no rubber (plantation rubber is being cultivated to regain the market that wild Congo rubber once commanded), but it does produce enough coffee and cotton to fill a large part of Belgium's needs. Palm nuts and palm oil are the most important assets of the colony, mining excepted...
...real estate, beautifying. Self-conscious pride has enriched the language with the fancy names "mortician," "public relations counsel," "realtor," "beautician." A profession which has never needed a prop to elegance and dignity is Music, yet last week there came a musician's lament. A letter to proud Conductor Leopold Stokowski of the Philadelphia Orchestra from sensitive Conductor Ossip Gabrilowitsch of the Detroit Symphony was published. Excerpt...
Observers hastily looked at copies of the latest prospectus of the Philadelphia Orchestra. In it appears the name of Leopold Stokowski, "musical director." But the list of directors for the coming season, including Musical Director Stokowski, appears under the plain, old- fashioned heading, "Conductors...
Born. To Mr. & Mrs. Anthony de Rothschild; a son; in London. To Mr. de Rothschild, son of the late great Leopold and partner in the financial House of Rothschild, since his marriage in 1926 have been born two daughters. This is his first male heir. Mrs. de Rothschild was Yvonne Cahen d'Anvers, member of a great French banking family...