RUMANIA: Last Survivor

The bird was bouncing swiftly from bat to bat in the Bucharest Badminton Club one day last week when sad news suddenly spread through the galleries: James Walker Brown had been ordered home. Former Queen Elisabeth of Greece and her friend the Princess of Hohenlohe heard it in the royal box.

"Oh," cried her ex-Majesty, "he simply musn't go! We simply can't get along without our Badminton Club!"

James Walker Brown is necessary to the existence of the Bucharest Badminton Club because the club plays in and was organized by the Rumanian branch...

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