Word: eclair
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Writing in L'Eclair, Paris journal, le marquis Boni de Castellane, once the erring husband of Anna Gould (now Marquise de Talleyrand-Perigord, Duchesse de Sagan), urged France to sell her colonies in order that she might gain strength as a nation. He held that some of the colonies may be lost anywhere and that it is but common sense to sell them, as Napoleon I sold Louisiana (for 60,000,000 francs*), before their loss was an established fact...
...French were furious. L'Eclair, Paris journal, fumed against the "Boche brain which could invent such a lie," defied the Germans to prove the story...
...little Fishermaid" (Song), by Berthold Tours. "Little darling, sleep again" (Cradle Song), by Arthur Sullivan. Coming (Song) and Shadow (Song), by George L. Osgood. Star, Rose, and Thorn (Song), by Richard Heard. The Rescued Colors (Song), by Campana. Idylle, by Rafael Joseffy. Pokcaha (Grand March), by F. Mnhkyca. L'Eclair (Cornet and Piano), Halevy...
...weakness for choc'late eclair...