Word: namee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duque de Alba, 10th Duke of Berwick, descendant (as his name suggests) of an illegitimate son of King James II, eleven times a Grandee of Spain, and through the Larreategui family a descendant of Christopher Columbus: "As an intimate of His Most Catholic Majesty King Alfonso XIII of Spain, I have repeatedly caused newsgatherers to draw from my remarks the inference that His Majesty will soon visit the U. S. Always these reports have been denied; but last week I became so expansive that correspondents left my presence with the impression that His Majesty intends...
Johns Hopkins University, proponent of education that is "higher" in fact as well as in name, last week made a contribution to the art of inter-class warfare. The sophomore and freshman officers drew up an agreement that "there shall be no kidnaping or fights between groups of men before noon on Saturday, March 19." Class banquets, which at Johns Hopkins are held secretly and later "discovered" and raided, might be held only within a specified period. And "in the event a person is kidnaped and kept away from home all night a notice of his safety shall be sent...
...wooden panel at the doings of Jacob Epstein. Mr. Epstein, once a peddler,* now a dry-goods millionaire, will admit to a few friends that the lady cost him $250,000-about $1,250 per square inch since the portrait is only 17 in. x 11⅜ in. Her name is Emilia Pia de Montefeltro, and to set his mind at rest as to whether or not she was painted by her fellow townsman Raphael Sanzio, Mr. Epstein has letters from such authorities as Connoisseur Bernhard Berenson of Paris and Dr. George Gronau of Cassell, Germany. Mr. Epstein...
...drama reaches its peak in a courtroom scene. The brilliant young district attorney is prosecuting a woman, scorned by society, known only by the mysterious name, Madame X. He is on the point of vanquishing her when he discovers she is his own mother. The climax is heavily emotional. Since first seen 18 years ago, it has never failed to draw tears. With this play, Miss Frederick came before her English audience. When the curtain was rung down, women were seen weeping-almost hysterically. Pauline Frederick has a low, beautiful voice, dark, tragic eyes, a well-proportioned figure, slightly more...
Metropolis. Ufa, German creators of the masterpieces, Siegfried, The Last Laugh, Variety, have released what they herald as their supreme achievement, Metropolis. It is the name of a futuristic city, built on a gargantuan iron skeleton, with whole communities superimposed upon one another in prismatic vastnesses-the dwelling-place of men who live to slave for their own machines...