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...rights that she was with difficulty persuaded to quit Buckingham Palace, and virtually "seized and held" as her London residence Marlborough House, the traditional residence of the Princes of Wales. Doubtless it never occurred to the Queen Mother Alexandra-born to reign if ever mortal was-that she should abandon Sandringham to a king-emperor who was, after all, her son. Filially meek, George V and his consort were content to dwell at York Cottage, on the fringe of Sandringham, whenever they sojourned with "the Queen"* in Norfolk...
...Juan (John Barrymore). The screen version of this good old story tells of a beautiful youth admirably trained to enjoy and deceive women. The young fellow goes his cynical way with rare abandon and success until, one evening in medieval Rome, he meets a young lady who is reluctant to surrender herself on ten minutes' acquaintance. Such an astonishing revelation of honor in the female sex transforms Don Juan. In fact, the lover of hundreds decides to marry. Before he can carry off his bride-to-be, however, the irresistible Juan must snatch her from the clutches...
Standpatter Goff was reluctant to abandon the original intention of the club, but he gave in when he. saw that his old friends were in agreement...
...Coronations do not come so very dear. Subtle ex-Tsar Ferdinand smiles in his beard. He answers no questions. Little Tsar Boris motors with abandon, hunts in picturesque attire, confides to pressmen that he loves birds, flowers, wolfhounds, but no woman-and witless rumors fly. Behind the iridescent screen of these puerilities, the old Tsar tweaks many a string, moves about Europe in welcome obscurity, continues to be a force which statesmen do not neglect to recognize...
Their motives have varied. Pastors Wicks and Clingman have just started their wealthy congregations on movements of community welfare (as Dr. Coffin has already done in Manhattan), work which they feel they cannot conscientiously abandon. Dr. Kirk would not leave his life-long friends. Young Dr. van Dyke simply requires the spiritual benefits of rusticity...