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...stooped to pet a Cuban Chihuahua while visiting the battleship Texas at Houston. The dog bit the Duke. "I think it must have been the coat," said the victim. "It's a bit noisy, you know." Later the Duke and Duchess stole the show at New Orleans' Mardi gras, especially at the carnival when the Duke bowed low and the Duchess curtsied to the floor (see cut) before King Rex and his Queen...
...Duke and Duchess of Windsor were traveling high and fast. They spent two weeks hunting & fishing in Mexico, then, on their way to New Orleans' Mardi gras, they showed up in Houston...
...Scotland and England the Mardi Gras is called Shrove Tuesday, and the natives of these places celebrate it by playing football in the streets. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, football is hardly over played, and especially not in the streets on Shrove Tuesday...
Some make believe they are Napoleon, and some Satan. Other favorite characters are Robespierre, Perseus and Audromeda, and Pelion and Ossa. Sometimes men dress up as women and vice versa. Mardi Gras historians are still chuckling over the time a man won first prize for the "Most beautifully dressed lady...
...Mardi Gras was brought over from France in 1827 by a group of Paris-educated New Orleans men who put on costumes and started street processions. Since then the idea has mushroomed all over the country, and everybody seems pretty happy about it. Especially the theatrical costumers...