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...fortunate in our name, and so are the "Australians"; but "New Zealanders" is awkward, and "South Africans" sounds as though one meant the blacks. It's all quite a problem. Personally I am still "Englishman" enough to be glad that my father was "a soldier of the Queen," though I would hate to have to fight for the present Prince of Wales, if he ever becomes King. Not but what I like him, personally; but Canada drifts further away from England every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 20, 1928 | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

...Right" v. "Treason." Whatever the "right" of South Africans, their Governor-General continues to be appointed by His Majesty George V, who sent to that post in 1923 a younger brother of Queen Mary, the Earl of Athlone (TIME, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Treason to the King | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

Edward of Wales had crossed the Channel for the occasion, but, though he was welcomed cordially, louder Belgian cheers rang out for Charles of Flanders. Even Britons were glad that this keen, upstanding Prince had been pushed to the fore by the fact that King Albert and Queen Elizabeth are now returning from Africa, after touring the Belgian Congo (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Charles of Flanders | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

Three prompters, prim and sarcastic, told the audience how ridiculous was the plot. Half a dozen ballet dancers sat in the audience and mocked. Directors, stage managers and scene shifters scuttled about the stage, instructing the singers in their parts. Bastienne was played as a brusque queen, Bastien a flopping weakling, the old man a dolt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Mozart Burlesqued | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

Banks. Dr. Charles E. Beury, president of Temple University and of the National Bank of North Philadelphia, last week became chairman of the newly-organized Philadelphia Bank and Trust Co. Component parts of the new $23,000,000 bank are: National Bank of North Philadelphia, Oak Lane Trust Co., Queen Lane National Bank, Broad Street National Bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Mergers: Aug. 13, 1928 | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

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