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Scarcely a sovereign in Europe is so wisely and graciously parsimonious as Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria of Orange, Queen of the Netherlands. Her favorite Palace, at The Hague, has such an air of whitewashed simplicity that non-Dutch-speaking tourists have been known to leave the city under the impression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NETHERLANDS: Dutch Treat | 3/1/1926 | See Source »

I was amazed to note that TIME had devoted two columns of the Feb. 1 issue (p. 19) to the "organization"of some sort of anti-evolution society in this town. The man, Edward Young Clarke, who has been found only after a search from "coast to coast and from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 15, 1926 | 2/15/1926 | See Source »

Mr. Taylor uses the terms of the composing room and the editorial room glibly enough, but his criticism forces one to the belief that he must have consulted a glossary before taking his pen in hand. One can sympathize with the plaintive cries of the laity for fewer mistakes, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 15, 1926 | 2/15/1926 | See Source »

Other questions which have been ranked in the happily smallest percentage of the group, are such as "How many athletic H's did Theodore Roosevelt win while at Harvard?" "Is Yiddish a language or a dialect?" "Where is Walla Walla?" One of the most, unusual requests came as a the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Where Is Walla Walla?" Among Questions Addressed to New Information Desk-Decipher Letter to "Harvard Lore of You" | 2/5/1926 | See Source »

The hole was made a little larger and the next day the workers of the Expedition went to the shaft with two powerful mirrors. One was lowered to the floor of the tomb by light lines and the other was focused to throw the light of the sun through the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEWS OF IMPORTANT TREASURES IN NILE VALLEY EVADES PRESS CENSOR | 2/2/1926 | See Source »

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