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WHEN MISS ISHDEL MacDONALD (inset) parried women re- porters during the ten days her father's party waa in the United States, ber tongue must have been in her rusy Scottish churk. For the man she plans to marry was at her side. He is Lord Arnold, paymaster getern), “unofficially attached to the Prime Minister's party. Ishbel was telling the truth when she denied an "engagement,” for the "under- landing" between them will only become an engagement when formally announded. This fact, and the story of the seven-your romance of a girl and a man who had to change his politics to win the object of his devotion, was learned from sources closest to the MacDonald family, and the facts are borne out by friends of Lori Arnold. Ishbel's in tended husband is fifty-one. He is a wealthy stockbroker and Prime Minister MacDonald's devoted friend,
A STUDENTS' "RAG."-The Reading University students held their annual "Rag" at Reading in aid of funds for the local hospitals. The affair was as hilarious as ever and provided much amusement for the onlookers-(Sport and General).
A
SENSATIONAL
WILL
made by Queen Marie on the Maniu Government over the selection of a new member of the Regency.
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THE EARL OF YPRES, son of the late Field Marshal French, with his wife, the Countess of Ypres, 'seen at the exhibition of the Earl's water colour pictures at the Anderson Galleries in New York. The collection on exhibition comprises sketches of more than a hundred, of the most historic buildings in Britain. Directly beside the Earl is a sketch of Hampton Court.
A SIDE CAR on a Triumph Combination, possessing a useful "dickey" seat, is one of the striking new models at the fourteenth annual inter- national motor eyele and eyele show at Olympia, London. Prices range from a 2.47 h.p., Excelsior at 21 the cheapest mode?! to a Brough Superior at £170-the Rolls Royce of Motor Cycles-which can do up to 100 miles per hour-(Sport and General).
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MR. FREDERICK PALMER, of PASSENGER SERVICE.
Messrs. Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, the Charing-cross Bridga scheme. Tho of Westminster, who will supervise cost, is £12,500,000, and Mr. Palmer's fees are £200,000.
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A REAL PRODIGY. Yehndi Menuhin, a little boy violinist, born in New York, made his debut in London,
A STUDY of one of the recently London-born llon cube at the zoological when he appeared as the soloist at the gardens, Regent's Park.-(Sport and General),
London symphony concert at Queen's Hall (Sport and General).
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