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...been mooned at and photographed ad nauseam. Therefore smart folk hailed with relief, last week, the definitive emergence of a fifth and little known prince: Charles of Flanders. Though he is not a Crown Prince, but the second son of King Albert of the Belgians, he officiated with the grace and freshness of youth, last week, at ceremonies which marked a pilgrimage to Belgium of 15,000 British Legionairies...
...very old and broken-down horse attracted the attention of Winifred, Duchess of Portland, in London some months ago. Touched by the creature's piteous air, Her Grace bought it on the spot. Last fortnight she displayed it to her royal house guests, who beheld a nag still old, but now sleek and roly-poly...
Ordinarily the King's note to His Grace of Portland would not have been made public; but in this instance Royalty was not merely entertained in private but publicly welcomed by the good people of Nottinghamshire...
...Greeks, meat-haters. Statistics of calories and vitamins filled his menus. But gross sales for five months of 1928 showed a falling off of 9%, while the common stock sagged from a high 74 in 1925 to a 1928 low of 38. And last week he yielded, but without grace. Inept, as a bid for popularity, were the advertisements inserted for the first time in the newspapers. They read...
...Grace A. Fendler the Supreme Court in Manhattan last week awarded $781,891.10, royalties due her from The Bird of Paradise, alleged plagiarism of her play In Hawaii. Oliver Morosco, producer, Richard Walton Tully, writer, were the defendants. Morosco has recently recovered from bankruptcy, Tully's resources are undetermined. Since 1914, birthyear of the play, Author Fendler has not received a cent, is not sure she ever will...