Word: windsors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Holbein's Edward VI as a Child was painted by order of the little Prince's mother, Jane Seymour, in 1538 as a New Year's present for Henry VIII. Hanging in Windsor Castle for years, it is believed that either George I or George II took it to Hanover. There it passed to the Duke of Cumberland-Brunswick and eventually to Knoedler & Co. who sold it to Mr. Mellon...
Suppose you are a chimney sweep named G. J. Kite. You wait and wait for the chimneys of Windsor Castle to need sweeping. You cannot offer to sweep them. Finally you are asked, and up the chimney you go. Emerging sooty but elated you wash up, present yourself at the Lord Chamberlain's office and state the facts. If the Lord Chamberlain pleases he may appoint you, as he has appointed G. J. Kite, "By Royal Warrant Chimney Sweeper to His Majesty the King...
Tall, muscular, 20-year-old Son Franklin entered Harvard in 1933 with one unpunished arrest for speeding already chalked against him. He got off with a dressing down from a traffic officer at Windsor Locks, Conn, that autumn, an other at Union, Conn, the following spring. On an icy street in suburban Boston last March his automobile knocked down 60-year-old Mrs. Daniel P. O'Leary. Authorities excused him for the accident, fined him $20 for using out-of-state license plates beyond the 30-day limit. But Mrs. O'Leary, having suffered many...
Outstanding among the artists who find just plain painting sufficient excitement is Eugene Speicher. His portrait of "Red" Moore, a brawny New England blacksmith seated in a Windsor chair by his anvil, preached no message at all, was a bargain , for any collector at any price...
Died. Philip Hale, 80. retired music critic of the Boston Herald; of cerebral hemorrhage; in Boston. For 30 years his shrewd scholarly criticisms made him Boston's oracle on music and the theatre. He wore bright Windsor ties, carried a big umbrella and a green felt bag. Last week's Symphony audience stood to show its respect for wise Philip Hale...