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Legal separation was almost in sight, when King Vittorio Emanuele paraded in amid royal salutes and arches of triumph (TIME, March 24). Fiume was annexed to Italy. D'Annunzio's poetic views on divorce were automatically supplanted by the bigoted fixity of the Italian Coda Civile. Lady Marconi is the first would-be divorcée to have a country shot from under her by treaty. On account of her position at the Court, it is thought unlikely that-following the fashion in Italian divorces—she will take the step of establishing a residence in Hungary...
...rights went the ability to keep a family cow; and when milk was denied him the Englishman turned to tea. Be that as it may; the addition to tea does seem the distinguishing mark of the Englishman, just as the red strand once identified all the cordage of the Royal Navy...
...functionaries of the Kingdom of Belgium received increases in salaries. M. Theunis announced last week in a speech on budget economy that only one employee had refused an increase. That man's name is Albert, his official title is "King of the Belgians" and his civil list (royal salary) is 3,300,000 francs. The announcement was greeted with cheers from the Liberal and Clerical party benches...
Despatches from Chicago last week claimed that Calvin S. Page, of that city, had been nominated for the Nobel Physics prize of 1924. His book, Rex, the Life Atom* has been selected, it is said, by the Swedish Royal Academy of Science as "the best book of the year in the scientific world"-a rather extravagant tribute. A letter from the nominating committee praised the logical development of the theories, which, if generally accepted, will revolutionize scientific thought. Nomination for the Nobel prize is not always equivalent to the award, and it is unusual for any announcements to be made...
...Rice is a wealthy Boston physician who has devoted much of his life to scientific exploration, has received the medal of the Royal Geographical Society, of London. Mrs. Rice is a daughter of the late William L. Elkins, of Philadelphia, and the widow of George D. Widener, who, with their son, went down on the Titanic. She barely escaped with her life. Dr. and Mrs. Rice had their honeymoon on an expedition to the Amazon, and have spent years in the jungle since. It is Dr. Rice's sixth expedition, financed wholly by himself, and will last two years...