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Their faces gleaming from soap & water, their hair scrupulously combed, 67 flushed old men and 67 excited old women waited in the transepts of Westminster Abbey last week. The organ groaned magnificently. Down the aisle stalked a scarlet-&-gold Yeoman of the Guard bearing on his head a solid gold platter piled high with purses of scarlet and white leather. Behind the Yeoman walked King George, Queen Mary and the King's Almoner, the Very Rev. J. Armitage Robinson whose other duties include the Deanship of Wells Cathedral...
...perpetuated by Dolores Ethel Mae Barrymore. infant daughter of John, it is even more likely to be continued by the grown sons (Samuel Pomeroy Colt, 22, John Drew Colt, 18) and daughter (Ethel Barrymore Colt, 19) of Sister Ethel Barrymore. John Colt made his debut last year in Scarlet Sister Mary. His sister, wearing blackface, performed in the same play and was this season deluded by the mercenary assurances of George White into joining the cast of his Scandals. This year Ethel Barrymore has been touring the Midwest, to comparatively small advantage. If there was any doubt as to where...
...Spanish troops paraded in dress uniform. Tousle-haired President Zamora rode down the Calle de Alcala through the city to the former Royal Palace, with a clattering escort of silver-cuirassed Presidential Guards. He was followed by blue-clad naval cadets, red-trousered regulars. Basque Miquelitos with pantaloons and scarlet berets, the khaki-clad Foreign Legion, Moorish cavalry in white bournouses, and the yellow-belted, shiny-hatted guardia civil. Even the sappers joined the parade, proudly carrying pontoons and bridge parts. The air force added a final touch. Squadrons of planes flew overhead scattering 400,000 copies...
...Lords- ¶ Received into their House former Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden who, scarcely able to support the weight of his ermine-barred, scarlet robes, hobbled painfully on his two canes up to Lord Chancellor Sankey and piped "I, Viscount Snowden of Ickornshaw, swear by Almighty God that I will bear true allegiance to His Majesty King George, his heirs and successors, according to law. So help...
...stood there in the box dressed in the scarlet and gold dress uniform of my service, my true colors as Sergeant Leopold. R.C.M.P...