Petticoated Colonels Rule European Regiments
A historical survey details women holding colonelcies across Europe. Princess Victoria Louise, Crown Princess Sofia, Queen Olga, and Empress Alexandra lead regiments in Germany, Greece, Russia, and Romania, with royal duties, honors, and mixed military enthusiasm.
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Sas
Charlotte
Wicholss I
Sth
Frederick William
6Th Curassiers
Russias
Europe
Queen Victoria
Freud
Olga
Elizabeth and Hussars
Alexis
Tifiana
Alexandra
Mukden
Lancers
Germany
Victoria Louise
Botoriel
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Second
Mecklenburg Dragoons
Soms
Kaiser William
Kaiser Ansexar
Grand Duke
Eitel Frederich
Kim- Perer
Dragoons
Adolf
Schaumburg-Lippe
Fusiliers
Kalger
Sofia
Greece
Margaret
Hesse
Frederick
Siater
Hussars
Grodno
Carmen Sylva
Queen _ Elizapet sk Roumania
Roumanian Light Infantry
Queen Mary of
England
Crack Regiment
She i
Alexander III
Nicholas I
Athens
Constantine Nicholasevitch
Nicholas the Peaceful
Sergius Volkhovsky
Czar
Elizabethgrad
Howells First Visit to Spain Recalls 1850s Ohio Village
Fragmentary reminiscence describes Howells journey toward Gran and upland landscapes in northeastern Ohio. The narrative voice hints at autumn air, train travel, and reflective scenes from the middle eighteen-fifties, with references to Harper's Magazine and personal memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zane
Vanished kingdom tale in a Spanish train memory
The narrator recalls a return to a faded home as a railway journey through olive groves and white cottages unfolds. He reflects on growing from a boy to a man, the mysticism of travel, and a lingering passion for Spanish things shaping a retrospective of his travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Soytod
Peter
Sugar Trust Regulates World Sugar Trade
European authorities warn that a proposed U S sugar tariff removal would collapse American beet and cane production, deepen reliance on tropical imports, and empower the Brussels Conference as a global sugar cartel. The article notes the United States faces a pivotal choice between protecting domestic beet and cane growers and joining an international sugar monopoly led by European nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Europe
America
Fersens
Atlantic
Portland
Maine
Oregon
Great Britain
Napoleon
France
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Trance
Netherlands
Belgium
Russia
Brussels
Laylah
Angela
Orient
United State
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Cuba
South
West
Harvey W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Concresa
Sugar Trust
Ita
Little Tin Plate ordinance aims to shame owners in New York
A proposed New York City ordinance requires every building to display a brass plate with owner name and address to promote accountability for unsanitary tenements and related social ills. Critics call it the Little Tin Plate, saying it singles out owners and could pressure property owners through publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Board of Aldermen
John
Haynes
Holmes
Clyanglva
Lehar in London for Gipsy Love rehearsals
Vienna composer Franz Lehar, maker of The Merry Widow, is in London for rehearsals of Gipsy Love at Daly's, with Ilbert Willner and George Edwardes arranging the project. Lehar, famed for rapid work, has already composed four new numbers for the show and plans further pieces, while Willner handles the book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Franz Lehar
George Edwardes
Daly's
Savoy Hotel
Jehar
Ilbrettlat
Wilner
Vienna
Wiliner
Lehar
Willner
Fred Whitney
Joseph Brockz
Ben Hue
Drury Lane
New York
A. L.‘Erinneer
Atlantic
Phco
Michael Faraday
House of Rothschild
Lee Shubert
Shubert
Greet
Ingelbach
Faraday
Basil Hood
Frankfurt
Lve
Paris
Naples
Hans Andersen
Baail, Hood
Thames
Bay of
Diadias
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Vacanee
Niewspa Pi
Atlanta
G. A. Constantine
Peachtree and
Decatur Sts
Peachtree
His Majesty
Beerbohm Tree
Somerset Mangham
Tree
Maugham
Mollere
Sormerset Maugham
Molerei
St Age Jourdain
Billie Burke
Duke of York
Madame Simone
Charles Frohman
Arthur Bourchier
Garrick
Monckton Hoffe
Bourchier
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