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Under John's wing was his five-year-old sister Julie. "I had to smack her-not hard, mind you-two or three times," he confided. "She was forever losing her life belts after drill. A bit of a mess she is-and bossy...
Then M. Hamel spoke of the strength, the clarity, the beauty of the French language. The church clock struck twelve and a trumpet blast announced the return of the conquering Prussian troops from drill. M. Hamel could speak no more. He went to the blackboard and wrote in his largest hand: "VIVE LA FRANCE!" The last class was ended...
Perennial problem of the Friends, who are militant pacifists, is War. Last week they reaffirmed their pacifism, told young Friends how they could avoid military drill at college,* sent Quaker Paul Comly French to Washington in vigorous protest against the Burke-Wadsworth conscription bill now before Congress...
...Maryland's Fort Meade went 200 Philadelphia business and professional men, including Republican Senatorial Nominee Jay Cooke. Most publicized encampment was Plattsburg itself, where 810 trainees, many arriving in sleek cars, enrolled at a cost to each of $43.50 for a 30-day regime of study and drill, pork & beans and a 5:45 a.m. bugle. Newshawks and photographers spotted many a notable and socialite among them...
...Ladder, for an old playwright schoolmate. Believing in its theme of reincarnation. Angel Davis stubbornly kept the play (a flop) going for two years, eventually admitted the public free. The whim cost him a cool $1,300,000 before he had had enough. Going back to Texas to drill for more oil, he watched the last of his capital disappear into his pet "deep oil" holes. There is a legend that in answer to a cable from...