Word: london
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That air-minded steamship line, the North German Lloyd-it was one of the backers of the flight of the Bremen-announced last week the "first air cruise in history." It will begin in the middle of September at Bremen, cover Europe between Bremen, Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Zurich, Paris, London, allowing passengers stopovers to attend the International Aeronautical Exhibition and the great plane factories of the Continent. North German Lloyd advertised: ". . . Luxurious giant transports of the air ... official receptions all along the route ... all expenses on land, water and air included . . . $1,290 up ... reduced rates for aeronautic students . . . September...
...Equitable Trust Co. (as the Traders Deposit Co.) was founded in 1871 with $50,000 capital. Its total assets today are $586,000,000. It has seven branches-three in New York City, two in London, one in Mexico City and one in Paris. On Feb. 14 Chairman Krech and President Arthur William Loasby opened their new Manhattan building; on April 14 Chairman Krech opened their new Paris building...
...people are lazy and likable. All went well with Billie Burke, although perhaps she sometimes twitched too violently in her efforts to emphasize her charms. Many of the other members of the cast were with The Happy Husband when it ran long and breathlessly in London...
Married. Michael Arlen, Armenian novelist (The Green Hat), of London; to Countess Atalanta Mercati; 22, daughter of Count Alexandre Mercati, former Chamberlain of the Court of Greece; at the Greek Orthodox Church, Cannes, France. During the elaborate ritual in which the bride relinquished her title for the official name of Mrs. Dikran Kuumjian, her gown caught fire from a burning ikon, was quickly extinguished. Only one prominent citizen of Cannes was absent: Mayor Andre Capron, 76, ill of shock suffered when a demented woman fired at him the morning of the ceremony...
...Story. Jâli is heir apparent to the kingdom of Karastra. Thirsting for Occidental wisdom, he escapes Asia, arrives impoverished in London, where he shrinks from bustle, rain, cupidity. He sells some jewels, and moves to Claridge's.* Naked heiresses disgust him, aristocratic drawing rooms open to actors and prizefighters amaze. At Cambridge he devours the knowledge which a cultured French friend sorts out for him. When his French friend dies, Jâli mourns him deeply, but ruminates upon the curious Western distaste for death. The East, having learned the desirability of death, celebrates its advent with...