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...christening, but Scotsmen were roiled. Ten-week-old Margaret Rose, second daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York, was the first child in line for the throne to be born in Scotland for more than 300 years (TIME, Sept. 1). Her mother is the daughter of a Scotch peer, her first name is a royal Scots name, Caledonians claim her as their Princess. They were incensed that the christening had not taken place on Scotch soil...
...Woodley," his Washington home, Statesman Stimson was waiting on the second floor for dinner to be announced when he saw a shadowy form at the window, heard footsteps on the porch roof. Cricket, his Scotch terrier, jumped up, growled a warning. Secretary Stimson threw open the window, rushed downstairs, outdoors, saw somebody sliding down a porch pillar, running away into the night...
Died. Allan Pinkerton, 54, horseracer, poloist, Long Island socialite, president oi Pinkerton's National Detective Agency; as the result of mustard-gassing in the War; at the Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan. Pinkerton's first got fame before the Civil War when Allan Pinkerton, a bluff Scotch cooper, unearthed & pre-vented a plot to assassinate Lincoln on the way to his first inauguration. That Allan Pinkerton formed for Lincoln the first national secret service. Since then, three Pinkertons have headed the agency, made it largest in the world. Possible next president: Robert Allan Pinkerton (just out of Harvard...
...Moonlight. Before her daughter was born, Sarah Moonlight (Edith Barrett) made a wish on a necklace owned by her Scotch nurse: that she would never look any older. Sarah was then 23. The tragedy of her perpetual youth dawned upon her when she was 28, her husband (Sir Guy Standing) 44. At that point she ran away from home, letting it be understood that she had taken her life. In Act II-17 years later-she still looks 23, younger than her daughter to whom she returns incognito and from whom she steals the affections of a worthless young...
Died. Sir James Guthrie, 71, leading force in Scotch painting, for 17 years president of the Royal Scottish Academy; at Rowmore, Dumbartonshire, Scotland...