Word: royale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Premise One was the unchallengeable statement by H. R. H. that 1,400,000 Britons are out of work. Premise Two consisted of the speaker's royal testimony that on his recent travels to every part of the Globe he has personally seen that British salesmanship and merchandizing methods overseas are still far behind the standard set by competition. (No one doubts that this was so, prior to 1914, when German salesmen were stealing British business from Siam to South America; but H. R. H. was bold indeed to charge that British salesmanship still lags behind...
This announcement brought astonished smiles. All loyal subjects knew that there were no Royal children at Bognor, but only the convalescent George...
...Coat of Arms and was the first vehicle so emblazoned to enter the Papal precincts since 1870. The estrangement between Pope and King which then began has now been so thoroughly patched up by the Treaty signed last fortnight that next June, according to announcements made last week, the Royal State Coach will clatter up to the Vatican, and King Vittorio Emanuele III will pay a call which the Supreme Pontiff will speedily return...
Died. Admiral the Honorable Sir Edmund Robert Fremantle, 92, of London, "Father of the British Navy"; in London. Admiral Fremantle was the only surviving flag officer born in the reign of William IV. He entered the Royal Navy in 1849, serving on the three-decker Queen. His grandfather, Thomas Fremantle, captained the Neptune at Trafalgar (1805) under Lord Nelson. His son, Admiral Sir Sydney Robert Fremantle, retired last year. Admiral Sir Edmund's snowy whiskers often festooned a royal carriage at the opening of Parliament. On his gist birthday he criticized the wary tactics of Admiral Jellicoe at Jutland...
...course of a 1,623-word mass-circular letter mailed last week, soliciting new subscriptions (and offering royal scarlet art-pattern atlases as a premium), wrote Publisher Wilfrid John Funk of the Literary Digest...