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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...before the War when she was Crown Princess. The Lily of Life was a juvenile story for her children. Then came the War and she continued to write for a Rumanian newspaper, the articles being afterwards collected and republished in book form under the title War Impres- sions. Her style in this book was ornate, feminine and extremely sentimental...
Under an imported ceiling depicting the more unprintable scenes from Ovid, she held "salons" in Old World style-and thither flocked celebrities American and European. She hired a lion from Bostock Circus, took it home for a pet. She mastered jiu jitsu, and many a corpulent matron strove to do likewise to keep up. She admired Sandow, famed strong man, and sat unconcernedly in ' box to see Jim Corbett, at a time when such behavior was, for a lady, unheard of. She hired Paderewski on one occasion, distributing tickets to all who wished to hear him. She sponsored...
Five historic American murders presented in rare literary style...
...metre free style for men: Andrew Charlton (Australia...
...metre free style for women: Mariechen Wehselau (Hawaii...