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SANCTUARY My Land is bare of chattering folk; The clouds arc low along the ridges, And sweet's the air with curly smoke From all my burning bridges...
...Hotel de Ville "in behalf of the Town of Paris." Quipped irrepressible Mayor Baker: "If Paris is just a town, I want to see one of your cities." Next morning the mayors, grumbling among themselves at the public attention Mayor Baker was getting, assembled at the Arc de Triomphe to put a wreath on the Unknown Soldier's tomb. France was startled when Mayor Baker, violating the tradition of silence at this place, made a long-winded goodwill speech. The grumblings of the other mayors grew louder as the visitors trooped to the Hotel de Ville for luncheon. Mayor...
...good dame Guinan and the "girls" will have lost only a point or two of culture. They will have gained publicity enough to assure them the position in the esteem of polite society which they would otherwise have had to earn for themselves by choice remarks about the Arc de Triomphe or the Ritz Bar, casual commentaries on the quality of Crevisses a in Nage at Pierre...
...Fete commemorating the victory of Joan of Arc at Orleans, France...
...biplane, adjustable in flight, did just that. Lower and upper wings are rigidly connected with struts, remain in the same relation to each other. But by a hand-crank in the pilot's cockpit, the lower wing can be moved fore & aft, pendulum-like, through an arc of 14 degrees, tilting the upper wing to the same degree. About to land, the pilot sets his wings at the maxi mum angle, throttles the motor, and lets the plane settle. Because the centre of gravity is well aft, the plane will not nose over, according to its designers. Also...