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...side lines, as President of France, Gaston Doumergue acquired a vast disgust for the French political game of which he had been a part for so long. As head of the State, he had a chance for the first time in a generation to appreciate the layman's point of view as governments fell, week after week, month after month, with nothing done. But. like most Frenchmen, honest "Gastounet" is at heart extremely conservative. He may adopt such simple superficial reforms as commend themselves to his cautious Gallic mind. But anyone who expects him to remake the legislative...
...extraordinary opportunity which now confronts them. That man is the heir to the throne of France, the Due de Guise; he enjoys an international reputation for firmness of character, and in France he has great prestige both as a man and as the embodiment of the monarchial tradition. The disgust of the French people with the corruption of the present irresponsible Republican regime has put them in just the mood to hearken to the benefits of a stable monarchy...
...asked by letter for similar approval but had never answered. It was so evident last week that the RFC intended to put in Chairman Cummings of Deposit Insurance Corp. as Continental Illinois' chairman that Sewell Lee Avery of Montgomery Ward resigned from the bank's board in disgust. Mr. Ranney announced he would like to have his name withdrawn from consideration...
Died. Henry Mouquin, 97, famed Manhattan restaurateur and wine merchant; of old age; at his Williamsburg, Va. estate which he bought in 1871, and to which he retired in disgust at the advent of Prohibition. Born near Lausanne to a family of Swiss hotelkeepers. he used to say that his father fed him a spoonful of wine before he was allowed to suckle. Next to Prohibition, he detested the machine age, refused to use a telephone or ride in an automobile. His favorite vehicle was a coach, originally built for President James Monroe, which he bought in 1870. Sometimes...
Died. Frank Jenners Wilstach, 63, censor of U. S. cinemadvertising & publicity, wit, bibliophile, author, compiler of similes, sometime business manager of DeWolf Hopper, Sothern & Marlowe. Mrs. Leslie Carter, William Faversham; of influenza; in Manhattan. His famed Dictionary of Similes sprang out of his disgust for the phrase, "The news spread like wildfire." "Wildfire," he fumed, "is a disease of sheep. It is also a bolt of sheet lightning. I'm going to end this...