Word: carly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Car. President Mustafa Kemal Pasha of Turkey, the Ghazi ("The Victorious"), satisfied his relatively simple wants by decreeing that his private train shall be made up primarily of an ordinary engine and cars; but shall have attached at the end a $36,000 "Presidential Car" which was completed for delivery by the German firm of Wegmann last week. It contains, at the forward end, an electric kitchen; then a dining-room for 14 persons; next, the President's bedroom and bath with a marble tub; adjoining this a smoking-room in green and gold, decorated with Bosporous landscape murals...
...Train. If President Kemal's car is a luxury, the train just finished by the Pullman Co. of Chicago for President Plutarco Elias Calles of Mexico requires the invention of new superlatives...
...Duke's private motor car, bearing his emblem and crest, was seized and driven through the streets, while the unsuspecting populace cheered two students dressed as the Duke and Duchess of York, then froze with horror as the "Royal Pair" thumbed their noses...
Prince Henry of Prussia must have awakened, but he kept himself and his opinion of U. S. yokels concealed until his car was coupled to a through express. His mission (it was in 1902) was to foment good will; and perhaps, when he returned to Germany, he confided only to his "brother Bill" the tale of "Wake up, Hen!" But last week, at Kiel, Prince Henry recalled the story as he celebrated the 50th anniversary of his entrance into the Imperial Navy...
...There was a good-looking young woman in the seat next to me. A big Indian thug who appeared to be a sort of officer seized her by the arm and ordered her out of the car. I drew my belt containing 2,000 pesos and offered it to him if he would let her alone. When the bandit saw all that money, his eyes glistened, he held out his hand, called me a gentleman and went on his way gloating. The girl fainted...