Word: viii
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...members have been great men, statesmen, diplomats, generals; two were Popes, Gelasius II (Giovanni Caetani 1118-1119), Boniface VIII (Benedetto Caetani 1294-1303). His father held many titles; his mother was an Englishwoman, Ada Wilbraham, niece of the then Lord Derby...
...been truthfully remarked that Republican France adores royalty-its own royalty excepted. King Edward VII was sympathique and un gaillard; the Princes of Wales, who may one day be Edward VIII, is also sympathique. Paris was flattered by his visit, which was taken everywhere to have been "a wise political move." It was hoped that the volume of chilled air between Downing Street in London and the Quai d'Orsay in Paris would be considerably warmed by the Prince's manifest friendship for France...
...story of Christ's last week from His entry into Jerusalem to His vigil in the Garden of Gethsemane where He prayed: "Father, if Thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless, not my will, but Thine, be done." After an interval for lunch, the second part (Act VIII to Act XIV) continues to the Condemnation under Pilate. The last part (Act XV to Act XVIII) is the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross). The per- formance also includes Old Testament tableaux. About 700 villagers take part in the play, including children as angels...
Died. Robert Threshie Reid, Baron Loreburn, 77, at Deal, England. He was Lord Chancellor of England, 1905-1912. In 1907 he visited Canada the first Lord Chancellor to leave England while in office since Cardinal Wolsley accompanied Henry VIII to France to the Field of Cloth of Gold...
Miss West is of an old Scotch-Irish family. Her mother was a musician and came of a family of musicians. Her father was Irish, from County Kerry - descended, I believe, from Sir Anthony Derry whom Hol- bein painted and who was a Privy Councillor under Henry VIII...