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Major ripple on the placid surface of Queen Wilhelmina's personal life of late has been the acquisition of a son-in-law in Prince Bernhard zu Lippe-Biesterfeld, whose line has not enjoyed temporal sovereignty in the hilly little Principality of Lippe-Detmold since 1849. Nobody in The Netherlands had ever heard of the Prince before his engagement to Juliana was announced, but all knew that he must fit the proper specifications of a Prince Consort. He must be of royal blood, a Protestant, of flawless character, in perfect health. He was all that, but he also proved...
Before long the placid inhabitants of the placid Dutch seat of government were spreading the news that for some unexplained reason-and they feared the reason was ominous-Leopold III, King of the Belgians, was paying an unheralded visit to their Queen Wilhelmina. Despite a constant drizzle, a sizable crowd gathered on the sidewalks outside Her Majesty's little Palace...
Last week Devi Dja and her group of 20-odd mum, placid-faced little Balinese landed in Manhattan. With them was Prince Raden Waloejo, cousin of Java's reigning sultan, himself a pretty good dancer of the Wajang-Wong (ancient Balinese national epic). Also in the troupe were nine gamelan musicians with queer gongs and xylophones, a special Balinese cook to home-cook rice and fish, Devi Dja's younger (18) sister Devi Emah with her ten-months-old baby...
...clad in a billowy, wing-like costume, the decorative pattern of which is formed by means of juxtaposing solid, intense tones. Her figure is graceful and seems to be in the process of competing a turn, while the warm, brown color of her skin contributes a feeling of placid sobriety to the moving nature of the entire piece...
...Berlin tonight, nothing has disturbed the placid beer halls" (Enemy air raiders have been over the city...