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...neglect to notice the Page & Shaw, coat of arma over the Throne. That's to prove that, Elizabeth was the Candy...
...speaking at the Lawyers Club, Manhattan: "The Crown Prince is a man of far greater ability, to my mind, than his father, and I think he is one of the most shamefully maligned individuals in the civilized world. Possibly on that account he will not be called to the throne; but the chances are that his eldest son Wilhelm, who is quite a fine young man, will be. Politically, of course, anything may happen; but I doubt that the Kaiser will ever resume a position of authority. . . . When the great War lord turned tail and hid behind the skirts...
...Mary Garden been inclined toward anything but prismatic gowns she could have done the same and have rated, if not the Post at least the Hearst sheets. But it remained for the pride of Kansas City to garner both publicity and economy. Whoever is the power behind the throne in guiding Miss Talley through the mazes of an operatic career has a large amount of sagacity and a peculiar insight into the minds of what she may safety term "her public." It matters not at all if he visualizes her as a cross between a football manager and a Dartmouth...
...headdress, a bodice of brilliants with emerald and diamond shoulder-straps, anklets of diamonds and a sweeping Oriental train, I last week descended a golden staircase in the Bath and Tennis Club, Palm Beach, Fla. Up leaped one Rafaelo Diaz,* in white satin coat and silver trousers, from a throne surrounded by dancing girls. He embraced me and sang an aria from La Gioconda. It was a pageant during a Persian ball which newsgatherers reported as 'most brilliant of the season.' Mr. Diaz was supposed to be a prince out of the Thousand and One Nights; I, Queen...
...golden-brown, well ventilated, pagan-like in its florid adornment. Three organists played in grand concert on a Kimball organ, which is said to have the properties of a symphony orchestra. Then came an invocation: "Ye Portals bright . . . unite us all to worship at beauty's throne." Then a dedication. All was solemn. The audience was awed. The "cathedral" looked every cent of its $10,000,000 advertised cost. The Roxy Symphony Orchestra burst into the "Star-Spangled Banner." The Mayor sprang to his feet. The audience sprang as promptly as possible considering its lap cluttered with hats, coats...