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Died. Prince Antoine Louis Phillipe Marie ("Naughty Boy")of Bourbon-Orléans, 64, Infante of Spain, Duke of Galliera, uncle of King Alfonso XIII of Spain, husband of the Infanta Eulalia of Spain, grandson of King Louis Philippe of France (last Bourbon to reign). Funloving, extravagant, he was once incarcerated by King Alfonso for giving 1,000-franc notes as tips. He once got out of prison by feigning insanity...
...since the War, foreign consuls in socialistic Hamburg wore diplomatic uniforms at a Bolivar ceremony in the Rathaus, were told that similar ceremonies were going on at the same time in Paris, Rome, Brussels. Spain. With an insidious revolution gnawing at his throne, all Spain under martial law, Alfonso XIII celebrated Bolivar Day in Madrid by riding in an open carriage under a skeleton guard to attend the memorial mass at the Church of San Francisco...
...Outer of Saints Maurice & Lazarus.† His Significance. In the long list of Popes, Pius IX (1846-78) ranked as a great dogmatist. Far more important than the loss of the Papal States were his dogmas of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary and of Papal Infallibility. Leo XIII (1878-1903) was "worldly," a brilliant diplomat. Pius X (1903-14) was not much interested in world politics. He was "spiritual." Benedict XV (1914-22) tried to pacify the warring world, without avail. Pius XI (1922-) has had almost as great an effect on the Catholic world's religious...
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29 (XIII...
...Helen Lee Eames, debutante stepdaughter of Henry Latham Doherty, potent oil-utility tycoon, ordered twelve Ford sport cabriolets which she will give to friends after painting silhouets on the cars "to personalize the owner's individuality." First car she embellished with horses & hounds, sent to sporting King Alfonso XIII of Spain who, last year, helped rescue a school friend of Miss Eames after she had suffered an equestrian mishap near Madrid. William Ashley ("Billy") Sunday...