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...married General Philip Henry ("Little Phil," 5 ft. 6 in.) Sheridan in 1875, when he was 44. He died in 1888, leaving her four children. A Roman Catholic, her last public appearance was four years ago when she went to Rome, knelt before Pope Pius XI, kissed his ring (TIME...
...ponderous French tomes it is written that the Due de Guise marshalled the nuptials in a suit of "frosted gold," that the King of France supplied the wedding ring, that bass-viols groaned, flageolets and hautboys tootled, that torch bearers lessened the gloom of Notre Dame (lit by electricity last week), and finally that the wedding dress of Mary Queen of Scots was "white as the lily with which it was embroidered, but so prodigally rich and gorgeous, glittering with diamonds and silver as to be TOO DAZZLING for words to describe," and of such weight that "two demoiselles bore...
...Manhattan, Bloomingdale Bros. proudly supervised the laying of a cornerstone for their new store. Enclosed in the cornerstone were: a baseball autographed by Babe Ruth; a roll of ticker-tape; a horseshoe; a pair of eyeglasses; some sheet music; a telephotograph of Charles A. Lindbergh and wife; a wedding ring; several hundred flower seeds; a copy of the Congressional Record; a subway strap; some newspapers; a forecast of the future by Florenz ("Follies") Ziegfeld...
...Lotte Lehmann, important soprano of the Vienna Staatsoper. London's opera, although on the upgrade so far as quality is concerned, is still of shorter duration than that of most capital cities. This year its ten-week season will be distinguished by the performance of two complete Ring cycles, by the addition to the repertoire of Montemezzi's L'Amore del Tre Re and Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus. Among new singers will be Tenor Beniamino Gigli of the Metropolitan Opera, Soprano Edith Mason of the Chicago Civic Opera. Soprano Rosa Ponselle, sensation of last year...
...Robert Kruse, heavyweight wrestler: a bout with August Sepp in Astoria, Ore., after Kruse had deliberately kicked Referee L. V. Harrington out of the ring so hard he had to be taken to a hospital. Referee Harrington already had his arm in bandages because not long ago another wrestler, Harry Demetral...