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...suppose," he wrote, "that you are going in search of the little wooden shoes." This referred to Lockhart's description of his separation from Amai, when his last glimpse had been of her little wooden shoes outside his bungalow. So, in 1935, in company with Lord & Lady Rosslyn, Lord Rendlesham, Lord & Lady Pembroke, Miss Dorothy Round and several others, he made his way slowly back to Amai...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sentimental Journey | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

Died, Baron Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss Wester Wemyss, 69, onetime (1917-19) First Sea Lord of Britain; of uremia; in Cannes, France. Commander of the Second Battle Squadron in the Mediterranean, he distinguished himself during the War for the successful landing of troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Bland of countenance, monocle in eye, he (with Marshal Foch, General Weygand, Rear Admiral George Hope) presented the Armistice ultimatum to the Germans in 1918. After the War he formally received the German fleet at Scapa Flow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Milestones: Jun. 5, 1933 | 6/5/1933 | See Source »

CHRISTINE TERHUNE HERRICK Fort Strong Villa Rosslyn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 6, 1926 | 9/6/1926 | See Source »

...Simpson of Rosslyn, Va., a Junior at the University of Virginia, received honorable mention for the general excellence of his paper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD ENTRANT WINS TIMES CONTEST | 6/14/1926 | See Source »

...Calvin Coolidge, honorary President of the Girl Scouts of America, donned a Scout uniform, motored to Rosslyn, Va., was presented by Miss Juliette Low with a tenderfoot** pin and in turn awarded six "letters of merit" to, Washington women for service to the movement, four merit badges to as many Scouts and a silver cup to Mrs. J. P. Hovey, captain of a troop which won an intertroop contest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The White House Week: Jun. 15, 1925 | 6/15/1925 | See Source »

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