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...emperor put on a parasol-shaped red velvet hat and a golden-dragon robe, accompanied his son on the first trip abroad for any of their dynasty. In Paris he put the prince under the tutelage of former Annam Governor Eugene Charles. "I bring you a schoolboy," said Khai Dinh. "Make of him what you will." Three years later, Khai Dinh died. He was buried in a splendid mausoleum, at Hué; at the foot of his tomb lay his prized French decorations, toothbrush, Thermos bottles and "Big Ben" alarm clock. Bao Dai, who had come 'home...
Without attempting to pass judgment on the relative merits of Miss La Rose and her competitors, it can be noted that the Howard's premier danseuse this week is a talented young lady in her line. From the moment she pokes her arm seductively from between the velvet curtains to the moment she beats a hasty exit, Miss La Rose has the complete attention of her audience. The assemblage, sprinkled with striped tics and white shoes, proves appreciative...
Died. Muriel Starr, 62, veteran Canadian-born Broadway character actress, who enjoyed her greatest success touring Australia with American hit shows (Madame X, The Thirteenth Chair) during World War I and the early '20s; of a heart attack after her first-act performance in The Velvet Glove; in Manhattan...
GREAT BRITAIN Whistle in the Dark In the state coach that Queen Victoria got in Ireland, King George VI this week rode to Westminster, put on his robes of state (an ermine cape, a robe of purple velvet over a military uniform), and formally opened Britain's most evenly divided Parliament in 40 years. The King walked slowly into the House of Lords, his head held stiffly under the weight of the heavy (2½-Ibs.), jeweled crown of state. Queen Elizabeth, impressive in gold-embroidered white satin and pearls, walked by his side, her white-gloved left hand...
...appurtenances of a princely European castle except the princes. The redoubtable Mrs. Potter Palmer took care of that. She chartered a yacht, set off for Moscow for the coronation of Czar Nicholas II, and returned triumphantly with a swatch of Russian princelings and princesses to waltz in her velvet-lined ballroom...