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...plot, subordinated as always to dialogue, deals with the theft or attempted theft of a constable's helmet, a notebook containing sundry libels, a silver creamer, and Anatole, the master chef...
What aroused Columnist Pegler was a rough sketch used for publicity by the San Francisco citizens' committee, which is now out raising $15,000 for materials. "It is," said Old Peg, "a figure with . . . a pointed beard, inclosed in an aviator's helmet and having, beneath the chin, a sort of bib or drool cloth. The hands are upraised in the standard posture of the guest of honor at a stickup and the figure then declines, round, rigid as a concrete pipe and innocent of fold or human line, to the waist, where it disappears into...
...Soon the German Dictator sat up as though startled and amazed by the vast Roman Colosseum which seemed to be afire, glowing within by the light of thousands of red torches, while in each arch an Italian soldier stood at attention, silhouetted in full war gear; his steel helmet sharply outlined...
What annoyed Matt Mann most was the Kiphuth method of training swimmers in a gymnasium, the Kiphuth stunt of sitting on the bottom of the Yale pool in a diving helmet to observe his pupils from underneath...
...equerry tell the press about them. Both came from Britain. One was from the officers of the 1st The Royal Dragoons, whose honorary colonel he was till the War.* The other was from relatives who 22 years ago scorned him as unworthy of chivalry by having his banner, surcoat, helmet and sword removed from the chapel of the Order of the Garter at Windsor. The text of this message was not revealed but its signature was announced with pride: "Bertie, May, and Elizabeth" (i. e., George VI, Queen Mother Mary, and Queen Elizabeth...