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...Majesty then hied him to a penny-in -the -slot weighing machine. A crowd of bystanders peered curiously at the dial and duly noted that the pointer recorded the royal weight at "ten stone, thirteen" (153 Ibs.). His Majesty was, however, wearing a heavy overcoat, for the day was exceeding chilly...
Scene. At Potsdam, described as "a silk stocking district of Berlin," where the former Imperial Court held sway, princes of the blood royal, princes not of the royal blood, and strings of the lesser nobility, all with high sounding titles, went to the polls to record their votes. The election officials, good Republicans, "bowed and scraped" as each of the Kaiser's men and women recorded his or her vote...
...Royal Academy of Arts opened its annual exhibition at the Burlington House, London. There are two sensations in this year's otherwise moderate display. The first is W. Russell Flint's sex picture, The Lemnians, a canvas displaying little more than coarse sensuality. (The Lemnians occupied Lemnos, an island in the northern part of the Aegean Sea. According to an old Greek legend, they murdered all the men on the island in revenge for desertion by their husbands. They were discovered by the Argonauts soon after...
...hundred fifty-three royal pounds...
...royal yacht at the Cowes regatta would probably be the first stop of the play. The University of London Club, and several country estates throughout England are also included in the tentative itinerary. The company would continue through France to Spain without performing in the latter part of the summer, sailing from Cadiz in time to arrive here on September...