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Lady Rachel, whose father will be best remembered as Governor General of Canada, is a close friend of the royal family, and was one of a few girls who were selected by Queen Mary to share the lessons given to Princess Mary at Buckingham Palace. It was felt certain, even in well- informed Court circles, that the Prince of Wales would ultimately propose to Lady Rachel. Once again the bubble of speculation has been pricked; nothing remains now but the advent of that tiresome edict, issued periodically by the Dowagers of London, as to whom the Prince will marry...
...English woman, Mrs. F. A. Barnet, 71 years old, decided to take up painting. After five lessons she painted a picture which was accepted by the Royal Academy...
...antique temple at Potsdam the second anniversary of the death of the late ex-Kaiserin Auguste Victoria was commemorated by a memorial service, at which many members of the royal family were present. Many floral tributes were sent, including one from the ex-Kaiser. All day long Loyalists and Nationalists poured into the building to visit the grave...
Contents of a crocodile's stomach (research conducted by the Royal Zoological Society of London) : Eleven brass arm rings, three coiled wire armlets, one glass bead necklace, 14 arm and leg bones (not all human), three spinal columns, one length bark cord (used by colored porters to carry bundles), 18 stones of assorted sizes, several porcupine quills. (The crocodile lived in Tanganyika Territory, British East Africa...
...spite of almost daily political disturbances, the opera season closed with its usual brilliance. Opera in Egypt is state organized and state subsidized. The Royal Opera House was built by Khedive Ismail as part of the celebrations in connection with the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Verdi wrote an opera for its opening-Aida, and ever since Aida has opened the Cairo season. Since the war the visiting companies have been chiefly Italian. It is from the business community that the greater part of the opera audiences are drawn. Egyptians are generally indifferent. Italians, Greeks, Syrians, but above...