Word: visitant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Charles Phelps Taft II, Episcopalian, and Pope Pius XI chatted at the Vatican, recalled the visit to the Vatican of the lawyer's late great father, William Howard Taft, sent by Roosevelt in 1902 to hold parlance with the late Pope Leo XIII...
Peaches, Peonies. Britain's dirigible R-100 ended her 13-day visit to Canada last week (TIME, Aug. 11), sailed for home with a new tear in her fabric, one of her six motors disabled as the result of a side-flight over Toronto, Ottawa and Niagara, and with nine English and Canadian news correspondents aboard. Freight and express revenues estimated at $500,000 had to be rejected in accordance with Air Ministry orders. Only excess cargo was a bunch of peonies for King George from Viscount Willingdon, governor-general; and a box of Canadian peaches for the Prince...
...badger game. A "sick" woman telephones for a doctor to come to her hotel room. While he is giving her a physical examination, which perhaps requires him to remove his coat and roll up his sleeves, in dashes the outraged "husband." The Society advises doctors either to refuse to visit unknown female clients, or to take along a witness; if no one else, the hotel clerk...
Fortnight ago influential Editor Howe received a visit from his fellow townsman A. D. Payne, lawyer. On June 27 a bomb concealed in Payne's automobile had blown Mrs. Payne to bits, critically injured their 9-year-old son. Payne and their two little daughters were not near. Said Lawyer Payne to Editor Howe...
...encountering Frances, herself jilted and now hunting him. Faulkner appears, frightens off Frances with threat of scandal, kidnaps Harvey to his yacht where is foregathered a group of magnates playing furiously with toy trains. Harvey's ego diminishes, and much clean fun with Margot ensues, interrupted by a visit from Frances and some friends on a small cruiser. Frances & friends drink with such success that Frances, disillusioned as to Harvey's wealth and roundly repudiating him, falls overboard, has to be rescued- by Margot, now properly disgusted. Harvey's eyes are opened, etc., etc. but Margot...