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...When peace was signed the Pope did not act as a neutral man, but he favored France. This was illustrated by a letter written at the time of the sanctification of Jeanne d"Arc...
...complaint that things can't be run on air is thoroughly exploded. Chemists have for years been making some most important compounds out of the raw material of air. "Free" oxygen and nitrogen in the air, for instance, can be "fixed" by a gigantic electric arc into nitric oxide, from which nitric acid and nitrates (valuable fertilizers) are made...
SAINT JOAN-G. B. Shaw, encouraged by the Theatre Guild, seeks to bring Jeanne d'Arc and the world down to-earth...
...Charles Francis Brush, inventor and practical developer of the electric arc light and the storage battery...
...great plays now "on Broadway" is G. B. Shaw's Saint Joan. A central scene is a conversation between the Bishop of Beauvais and the Earl of Warwick. The Bishop objects to Joan of Arc because in her passion for God, she overlooks the respect which is a Bishop's due. The Earl objects to her because, in her passion for France, she overlooks the respect due to a Feudal Earl. Bishop and Earl join hands to burn...