The Washington times., 1934-11-27

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American journalists Dho received
royal limitations to the 1Dedd'ng
OF Princess Marina and the Duke
of Kent, cables the tollo1Dtng
coIortul sketches of the mad 1Dhtrl
into Which England has been
plunged By the Kaleidoscope prep
1rationS for Thursdays CEREMONY.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM
copyright 1884, by International
News Servce)
LONDON, Nov. q GN.SO.
Princess Marina, the luckiest
girl in Europe, is Haunting an
impish smile and a luxurious
mink fur coat.
Can it be that, with the aid
Of the ingenuity of woman, the
attractive de-to-be has sue
ceeded in sideslipping royal etl-
quette by accepting the wedding
gift promised her by a former
American hostess, Mrs. Corrigan?
From private information received
it certainly looks like it. AS one
woman to another-congratula-
tions Marina.
London is so full of crowned
and uncrowned kings and queens
and other royal personages that
it's next to impossible to walk a
yard without falling over one.
Big Event Thursday
Seventy of them, in company
with yours truly and few
others; will go to Westminster,
Abbey Thursday to give the girl
princess and her prince charming
o big hand and a blessing.
Buckingham Palace is not large
enough for all the royal persons,
but among those for whom rooms
were found are the King OF Dem
mark, Prince Nicholas and Prln-
cess Olga of Greece (Marina's
parents, and Prince and Princess
Paul, of Yugoslavia.
Swagger hotels are gladly TAX
ing the royal overflow, which in
cludes the Norwegian sovereigns,
Princess Helen, of Rumania, King
Carols abandoned wife, Princess
Irene, of Greece, and Prince
Pierre, of Monaco.
Double Thanksgiving
All the London hotels and
shop-keeperS are rubbing their
hands and cutting capers for
sheer Joy of living-and money
making.
A million visitors are coming.
Seventy-five million dollars is the
little harvest that is expected to
be garnered from them. Thursday
will be Thanksgiving Day in more
senses than one.
When the English go gay they
do it in a big way. Drinking re-
strictions have been removed. For
this one week of bliss the English
man can get as merry as he likes.
The weddings squirt of proserlty
has embraced every trade and pro-
fession. It is impossible to book
a facial or hair appointment until
after the wedding.
The whole world and it's wife
united to give the royal pair
enough jewels, furniture, fur coats,
china, silver, pictures, books,
cigarette cases, and oddments to
fill several large stores and still
have some left over. More were
pouring in at the rate of 100 an
hour.
Gifts From King
The King and Queen of Eng
land have given their future
daughter-in-law an exquisite dia-
mond and sapphire diadem with
a choker necklace and bracelets
to match; a lengthy sautoire OF
diamonds with gems in it as large
as dimes from which four brace
lets will be made; a beautiful
choker of diamonds; six finely
wrought candelabra of silver; a
big square ruby and diamond
brooch, and enough gold and sill
yer plate and hand-painted china
to give several large parties with
out using the same piece twice.
The Duke of Kent has given his
lovely bride-to.be an expensive
diamond tiara sautoire and a
brooch and bracelet to match, a
priceless pearl and diamond neck
lace and bracelet.
Marina has presented her royal
bridegroom with a three-quarter.
length portrait of herself painted
by Philip DelaSzlo.
Marina's parents have scraped
together enough money to give
Marina a pearl and diamond tiara
and a combined brooch and
pendant in the form OF large
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