Word: royall
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There are so many equally powerful "royal" families in what is now Hungary that probably only the Hapsburgs, who have worn "the Holy Crown of Empire," possess sufficient prestige to reign over this country of mixed races. The Prince Otto of Hapsburg, son of the late abdicated Emperor Karl, grandson of famed Emperor Franz Josef, is the "legitimate heir." Were it not for the external pressure of the Allies, he would probably be welcomed as king by his father's subjects, who have made it clear at the polls that they desire to be governed by "a king...
Married. Bartlett H. S. Travis (son of famed golfer Walter J. Travis, U. S. amateur champion 1900, 1901, 1903, British amateur champion in 1904), twice decorated for bravery while serving as a Lieutenant in the British Royal Flying Corps, to Miss Elise Stanton Hayes; at Manhattan...
...Facetious despatches opined that he may have gained fortitude from a consciousness of his right to the motto which encircles his left calf whenever he dons the famed insignia? of the Order of The Garter: "Honi soit qui mal y pense." At any rate he stood at ease, with royal dignity, as those approached who were to confer upon him "the legal right to practice medicine, midwifery and surgery...
Despatches reported last week that the Prince of Wales allowed his finger prints to be taken on the occasion of his visit to Scotland Yard. Sir William Horwood, the Commissioner, was quoted: "If I may say so, the lines upon your Royal Highness' thumbs present a quite unusual formation...
...London, the Royal Academy exhibition of Sargent's work opened at Burlington House. U. S. tourists pointed their noses and their pencils at painting after painting, eager to point out the superiority of those borrowed from the U. S. to those owned in England. But alas, although 615 paintings were hung, not a single one came from the U. S. "Why not?" tourists asked indignantly. "Why do you go out of your way to ignore the superb U. S. collections...