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Next evening there was a state dinner at the White House. At the President's right sat the Crown Princess; Mrs. Coolidge was squired by Gustaf Adolf. Others present around the board of crystal and gold were the Vice President and Mrs. Dawes, the entire Cabinet with their ladies, the Swedish Minister and Mrs. Bostrom, Senators Borah and Swanson (Senior Republican and Senior Democrat of the Foreign Relations Committee) and their wives, Congressman and Mrs. Chindblom of Chicago...
...President), assisted by six young experts on precedence from the Treasury and State Departments, took the guests to their seats. The President and his wife had one of the front pews. Mrs. Coolidge wore for the first time a gown of ecru lace over a black satin slip. The Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden were present, she wearing a gown of apricot pink crepe, with a skirt of self-colored lace. The only decorations in the chapel were six golden vases of lilies on the altar and white ribbons outlining the aisles...
...This cumbersome title represents a neat straddle. Mr. Asquith would have been honored out of all proportion to his services to the Crown had he received the earldom of Oxford, originally conferred by the Empress Matilda on Aubrey de Vere in 1142 and accordingly weighted with hoary honors beyond expression. By adding "and Asquith," the powers-that-be adroitly earmarked as of recent bestowal a title held in its day by what Macaulay described as "the most illustrious line of nobles that England has seen...
...Woman, Boat. Above six feet in height, full of face and broad of figure: Oscar Frederick William Olaf Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Skane and Crown Prince of Sweden. Small, dark, sharp of feature: Louise, Crown Princess of Sweden, daughter of Prince Louis Battenberg, second cousin of the Prince of Wales, great-granddaughter of the great and plump Victoria. Under their feet: the motor-ship Gripsholm making its way into New York Harbor...
...First Interview. Upward of 60 cameramen crowded around snapping. "Very amusing," said the Prince. "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen of the press," he continued in English. "The Crown Princess and I are glad to see you this morning and so many of you. ... I shall be glad to answer any questions"?he qualified this by excepting questions on politics. Then for the first time in history the Crown Prince of Sweden was interviewed. Yes, he had been called an archeologist. No, he was not a criminologist. He had done some carpentry as a boy, but was not worth 25?...