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Portentously the Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor, General Yvon Dubail, approached President Doumer bearing the red cordon and Grand Collar of the Legion of Honor, a collar made of 15 gold medallions, 13 of them inscribed with the name of a President of France...
...Monsieur le President," said General Dubail, bestowing the cordon and collar on M. Doumer, "we recognize you as Grand Master of the Legion of Honor...
...fairly long speech at the Hotel de Ville, last week, white-haired, white-bearded President Doumer recalled the fall of Sedan in 1870 and the ensuing siege of Paris...
Back to the Elysée drove President Doumer to receive the resignation of Premier Laval and his Cabinet. As custom decrees M. Doumer asked M. Laval to form on the spot a ''new'' Cabinet exactly like the old. He did so. He could then say: "I have been twice Premier of France...
...Doumers did not actually move in until the Elysée had been furiously swept, scrubbed, dusted for two days. After this preliminary assault. General Housekeeper Mine Doumer will lead a frontal attack on the old palace by painters, paperers. floor-waxers, basement-scrubbers, waterspout fixers...