Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-20
PRINCESSES OF
MANY LANDS In
LONDON TODAY
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LONDON, July 19-Young princesses
from many foreign lands have been
/ flocking to London this summer and
adding much zest to the social season.
The newest arrival is Princess Kira,
daughter of the Grand Duke Syril, Of
Russia, known as the "uncrowned
czar," who makes his home in Ger
many. AMONG the princesses already
here are Princess Ingrid of Sweden,
! Princess Illena of Rumania, and the
/ Infanta Beatrice of Spain. Princess
Kira is not quite IS, and is as mu-
\ steal as her mother who is a cousin
! of King George. In ST. Petersburg
prior to the revolution, Kira and her
sister, Marie Syrillovna, used to sing
duets day after day to the wounded
soldiers in the hospital.
Funny Noises is the way critic
on the Sunday Express describes Stra-
vinsky's new ballet, LES Noces,'' which
is having tryout in London 81 do
not agree that in Les Noces, which it
is difficult to regard as music at all,
Stravinsky is either floundering or leg
pulling. He is out, quite sincerely,
, after something new, and all that he
has been able to show as a result of
his search is an effect which is a re-
version to the primitive
Marriages are now made in auto
mobiles, and the old-fashioned idea
that they are made in a ball room
and that young women are kissed in
Conservatives has to go by the board,
says James Colquhoun, who holds that
young women and men really are COM
panions today in spite of the effort of
old-fashioned folks to keep up the
traditions of SO years ago.
Only the really beautiful girl re-
mains unchanged and still has the
privilege of being dumb, says Mr.. Col
quhoun, who believes that most of the
"nonsensica1 humbugr in the relations
between boys and girls has disap-
peared.
Queen HAT" who was the Queen
Bess of ancient Egypt, has been recon
structed by Mrs. Wihifred Brunton and
Londoners now are able to get some
idea of the appearance of the strong
minded ruler who dressed as man on
state occasions and led her own armies.
The real name of this queen was Hat
shepsut. But Psychologists have nick
named her Hat
Mrs. Brunton worked for months
among the duty mummies of Egypt |
studying the shrunken features of the
Pharaohs that she might make mini !
atures showing what King Tut and his
royal relatives really looked like when
they were on earth
1t was very difficult for Mrs. Brun-
ton to paint a portrait of Queen Hat, |
as the unfortunate rulers mummy was
not properly preserved, and had to be !
removed from public view years. ago. |
Queen Hat died nearly fifteen CEN
turies before the Christian era. She
was the daughter of Tethmosis, first, |
who associated her on the throne with |
him before his death. She was succeed ]
ed by her husband, who was also her
half brother, and upon his death ruled
alone.
Upon monuments Queen Hat is gen
orally in masculine garb, but in in
scriptions the feminine gender is used
in referring to her.
London's bright but restive young I
society people have given up the game |
of treasure hunting" so popular last |
season, as being somewhat stale. They |
have substituted practical jokes as be-
ing more exciting.
The jokes being staged are quite |
harmless, but rather elaborate and at !
least one has come off as the origina- I
tors evolved it. This was worked sue |
.cessfully on a certain cabinet minister !
who met with some strange happen |
ings ON his way home from one of the |
leading hotels. He took it all in good !
part and is not even now aware that !
his own daughter was one of the party /
responsible.
The baronetcy of Sir Edward Burne /
Jones has lapsed with the death of his !
only son, Sir Philip Burne-Jones, who }
was a bachelor
Sir Phillip BurneJones, 65 years |
old, had the artistic temperament of !
his illustrious painter father and |
achieved considerable success in por- |
trait painting, although he never show /
ed any of the genius of his father
which made him the idol of the Victor
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