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...startled London beheld a scene, weird and impressive, within the ancient walls of Westminster Abbey. There were assembled the members of the Most Noble Order of Crusaders, dressed in white tunics emblazoned with a red cross worn over a long-hooded gown of brown, blue, green or gray, according to the rank of the person; the knights wore mantles of red with gold edgings and white crosses on the left shoulder. Beautifully embroidered banners and magnificent crosses accompanied the procession in which the crest of self-sacrifice, the word of service, the bible of truth, the spurs of chivalry...
Even as a child he had strange adventures. Melusine, the immortal elvish sorceress, found him daydreaming one day, took him into the forest of Acaire. There was a high place in the middle of that wood. There Florian beheld Melior, asleep beneath a coverlet of violet wool in her father's bemagicked palace, and, having seen the perfect beauty of Melior, all great satisfaction in mortal women was spoiled for him. When he grew up, it is true, he married four times, lived a life of extreme if elegant debauchery and committed crimes too numerous to note. But in spite...
...Events in the past summer have seen some progress in world peace thought In 1911 a situation arose which might have been solved by a conference, but the machinery for such a conference was lackine and war followed. In the summer of 1923 we beheld another association and another ultimately One party seemed determined to have its will Yet, after the conference, peace followed...
With Philadelphia runners on first and second in the fourth inning of a National League baseball game, Ernest Padgett, recruit shortstop of the Boston Braves, beheld a hot liner coming his way from the plate. Padgett speared the liner, touched second base, ran down and tagged the man coming off first. He had made the fourth unassisted triple play in the recorded history of baseball...
Police may patrol the inside of the Stadium at the remaining football games of the season as a result of a conference to beheld this Wednesday by District Attorney O'Brien of Suffolk county, Police Commissioner Wilson, Superintendent of Police Crowley, and F. W. Moore '93, graduate manager of University athletics. Mr. O'Brien called the meeting last Saturday night after he had noted. The absence of police within the Stadium and the presence of military guards without any authority to enforce police regulations or in fact to make an arrest if it were necessary." Mr. O'Brien expressed...