“Hail 1939—the New Year's First Entertainment Tour

... —Girls: 1, Daphne Parsons (Xmas Tree); 2, Sylvia Henvest (poppy); 3. Mavis Mengeham (80-Peep). Boys: 1. Tommy Mengcham (Persian Shah); 2, Jimmy Hounsome (“Will Hay”). Consolation; Iris Pratt and Daphne Cox (bride and bridegroom). Dress made from materials ...

Published: Thursday 05 January 1939
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 340 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Cu Fon Toturo bungs

... by some authorities to Palionedes. a Grecian hero of the Trojan war, about 1080 s.c. The word chess is derived from the Persian shah, king; and checkmate, or shahmat, means king confounded or overcome. But not only in Persian but in Sanscrit and other ...

DEATH OMENS

... the only game sanctioned by pricsthoods of all beliefs. The principal piece in the game derives its name, king, from the Persian Shah, or ruler. . - _ Many men whose names have gone down to posterity. such as Charlemagne. Tamerlane. Frederick the Groat ...

Published: Friday 02 November 1906
Newspaper: Ashbourne Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: | Words: 675 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ISLAND OF SKYE

... Maclntyre (Persian Shah); best homemade costume (lady’s), Miss Joan Davidson (Pension Day); best home made costume (gentleman's), Mr David Sinclair (Scott's Emulsion); best couple, Miss Mary Beaton (Spanish Dancer) and Mr J. Maclntyre (Persian Shah). Mrs John ...

MY NIGHT in HAREM tea were brought

... husband, but as the girl proved delicate she had been supplanted by a mere child, applecheeked and plump, grand-niece of a Persian Shah. rmly behind me, and I found myself among a group of n-omen of the harem, Rosita Forbes, who has recently returned from ...

Published: Wednesday 12 November 1930
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 522 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

INTMEISTING FACTS ABOUT CHESS,

... the only game sanctioned by priesthoods of all beliefs. 'the principal piece in the game derives its name, king, from the Persian Shah, or ruler. Many men whose names have gone down to posterity. such as Charlemagne, Tamerlane, Frederick the Great, Charles ...

Published: Friday 02 November 1906
Newspaper: Buckinghamshire Examiner
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 548 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE WICKLOW NEWS-LETTER AND ARKLOW REPORTER

... and How the Sen, Brother to the Son and King ot the Pour and Twenty Umbrellas,” an anticlimax essentially Oriental. The Persian Shah takes title upon the plan, making up in number what each lacks length. Bis ia « Shah-in-Shaih,” King The Rose Delight,” ...

BUSY. AYE I BUSY

... and course every country lias own eje-tmotive addresses for its own iux- subjects, or citizen* In tlie F.i-t have the Persian “Shah In Shall. or King Knigs” ; the Mikado is tho Sou Heaven; the Emporor of China i 1.0 Celestial.” Hero in. flic wo have ...

Published: Saturday 02 July 1904
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 421 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE POWER OF PALLLVO WATER

... the only game sanctioned by priesthoods of all beliefs. The principal piece in the game derives its name, king, from the Persian Shah, or ruler. Many men whose names have gone down to posterity. am* as Charlemagne, Tamerlane. Frederick the Great, Charles ...

Published: Friday 02 November 1906
Newspaper: South London Mail
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 488 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

DEATH OWENS

... the only game sanctioned by priesthoods of all beliefs. The principal piece in the game derives its name, king, from the Persian Shah. or ruler. Many men whose names have gone down to posterity, such as Charlemagne. Tamerlane, Frederick the Great. Charles ...

Published: Saturday 03 November 1906
Newspaper: Exmouth Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 496 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE worried by seekers after honours and distinctions, as the following incidents will show:— A peer who was ..

... described the mountain as one of the most dismal and disagreeable sights on the face of the earth. A little later a Persian Shah offered a large reward to anyone who should . get up, but no one claimed it. Ultimately Inc. first ascent was accomplished ...

Published: Friday 26 September 1902
Newspaper: Huntly Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 467 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Ilossimar

... tion being given by some authorities to a Grecian hem of the Trojan alinut 1080 cc. The word chess is derived from the Persian shah, king: and checkmate, or shahmat, means king confounded or overcome. But not only in but in hanserit and other Asiatic ...