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...English and French with the photographers, showed that he knew the rudiments of color photography. Then he sat down at his desk. In three minutes with His Majesty at his desk, Irwin & Langen made the final nice adjustments of their equipment, set their camera for an exposure of 1 50th second and shot. The flash bulbs went off with a loud explosion and a blinding flash-they were made for 110 volts and the palace circuit carried 220 volts. The apologetic photographers explained that something had gone wrong. The King amiably agreed to pose again provided there would...
...lecturing on humanitarianism, urging others to set up their own local organizations. In 1877 John G. Shortall, president of the Illinois Humane Society, called a meeting in Cleveland to co-ordinate those organizations, formed the American Humane Association. Last week the American Humane Society held its 50th anniversary meeting in Milwaukee, Wis., and did honor to Henry Bergh...
Honored. Swiss-Born Oscar ("of the Waldorf") Tschirky, 71, famed majordomo of Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel for 44 years, and his wife, Sophie Bertisch Tschirky, 71; with a dinner party attended by 1,000 people in the grand ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria, commemorating their 50th wedding anniversary. Toastmaster of the dinner, sponsored by 17 societies of hotel men and gourmets, was the New York Times's Editor John H. Finley. To the tune of the Wedding March, softly played by violins, Mr. & Mrs. Tschirky cut a 200-lb. wedding cake. They received felicitations from onetime President...
...report of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Mound Bayou. Miss., TIME [July 26] refers to "what is now the dinky Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad...
...summer sun, decided to try Negroes. Isaiah T. Montgomery, a onetime slave of Jefferson Davis, and his cousin Benjamin T. Green were induced to start a colony. Thus was founded the town of Mound Bayou. Last week every day was carnival in Mound Bayou, for it was celebrating its 50th anniversary as a self-governing 100% Negro community...