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...burglars-"the polite pair," the papers called them-broke into the house of U.S. Commercial Attache Edward Krause. The little fat one, "le petit gros," forced the Krauses into a bedroom at the point of a gun while his lanky partner, le grand mince," ransacked the apartment. But afterwards they settled down with their victims over some Alsatian wine and slices of cold steak for a sociable chat. Little Fatty even returned Mrs. Krause's engagement ring. "Keep it, Madame," he said magnanimously. "It is too small...
Fatty threatened gently for two hours. Mme. de Vasselot remained adamant. Then the petit gros forgot his manners. Whipping out a pocket knife, he vowed he would cut Madame's ears off then & there if she did not relent. Mme. de Vasselot opened the safe...
...nine years Britain's Queen Mary had been diligently plying her needle. Last week she summoned reporters to see the result. A carpet measuring nearly-seven by ten feet, it consisted of twelve panels in gros point and a not-quite-finished floral border. Each panel bore a bright Victorian design of birds and flowers on a beige background...
...Gros himself designed some of the biggest of his 250 balloons, got Goodyear to make many of them to specification (none higher than 16½ ft.). He has a regular staff of 20 to keep them repaired and innate them for parades, hires 200 extras in every town to dress as clowns and man the floats...
...charges customers-which include Chambers of Commerce as well as big stores-according to the size of parade they want. For example, a 45-minute parade a mile long with 50 balloons runs around $4,500. Out of what he calls "this crazy business," Gros will gross around $200,000 this year, but, like most showmen, he refuses even to guess his net. Said he: "It's like a Broadway play. You run for months just to break even and count on those last two weeks for your profit...