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...Lossiemouth, Scotland on Oct. 12, 1866 at 11:30 p. m. the future Prime Minister was born to Miss Anne Ramsay. Patient investigators can still see the birth certificate attesting him a bastard in the Parish Registry at Drainie. In signing the certificate Miss Ramsay termed herself a "domestic servant," called her son "James MacDonald Ramsay." Later the boy was called James Ramsay MacDonald. Today the British Who's Who explains that his father was "J. MacDonald...
...will wear my habitual dress of loin cloth, shawl and sandals. If the King prescribes European dress I will be obliged to decline the royal invitation. It must be remembered I am a humble servant of India's impoverished millions and must dress as they dress-nothing more and nothing less. As a matter of fact the King's invitation is unconditional...
...into it 44 years ago, acquires a little more in Mr. Loraine's presentation of the breakdown of a paranoiac mind. Its theme: "Love be tween the sexes is Strife." Adolph (Rob ert Loraine), a Swedish scientist, is con fronted with the problem of what to do about a servant girl who has been seduced by a soldier. Says the soldier (Barrie Livesay) : ''How can any man know if he is the father?" This is the germ of the scientist's obsession. His wife (Dorothy Dix) cunningly suggests that he may not be the father of her child, and persistent...
...Left Bank is saved from banality by fine, quiet performances by Katherine Alexander as Claire and Donald MacDonald as Waldo. For humor the play depends on 1) the pseudo-Gallic antics of the hotel servant (Alfred A. Hesse); 2) inconvenient plumbing; 3) the wallpaper...
...Master, fly for your life!" shrilled a good and faithful servant last week at Chinese Foreign Minister C. T. Wang, Yale 1910, Phi Beta Kappa. "I shall remain at my post and attend to my duties," boldly retorted Minister Wang. Crash, rip, zip, bang! A frenzied mob of students rushed the Foreign Office, burst through hastily locked doors, hurled chairs and toppled desks, charged in wild pandemonium for Mr. Wang. "Traitor!" they yelled. "You have betrayed China! Death, death to Wang!" Before defenseless Minister Wang could rise, a well hurled inkpot gashed his head. Mobsmen with clubs laid...