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...beaming and cracking jokes in French. "Non," he had nothing to say for publication. The two custodians of their respective countries' foreign policies exchanged smiles and followed them up with an exchange of hearty farewells. M. Briand sped away to the Hyde Park Hotel in Knightsbridge. Mr. Chamberlain betook him to his residence in Morpeth Mansions...
Blows, yells of rage and pain filled the Chamber. A dozen Deputies scuffed on the floor kicking, pushing, slapping. President Herriot, having worn himself out calling for order, put on his silk hat and betook his full-dressed self from the Chamber as a sign that the session was suspended. It was also a signal for the attendants to clear the public galleries. An excited attendant, with marks of a maturing black eye, rushed to the signal box and instead of pushing the button to signal the sergeants-at-arms to clear the galleries, he pressed one that called...
Ethel Barrymore is not one to take vacations. At the close of the Players' Club's The School for Scandal, " America's greatest actress " betook herself to Washington to open a summer vaudeville tour in Barrie's The Twelve Pound Look. Miss Barrymore will probably go on tour in the autumn in repertory under the management of Author Hopkins...
...apparently the members of the Class of 1919 evince little concern in the choice of their officers. Only ninety-one. Seniors betook themselves to the polls Tuesday. The selection this minority made is excellent; the tie for first Marshal testifies to the soundness of the nominations. But can ninety-one men actually represent the opinion of any class...
...Amateur" series of championship games opened right merrily yesterday, when the CRIMSON set the ball rolling, and kept it rolling for nearly three hours. The game was between the "Bessies" and the CRIMSON nine, and so great was the interest in the result that nearly 100 men betook themselves to Jarvis to see the champion nine of last year score its first victory in the present series. The contest was so full of interesting features that it is impossible to record them all. Perhaps what called for most applause was the terrific hitting of the champions, and, next to that...