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...Mayor's whiskey-tippling in England, his beer-drinking in Germany, his liquid luncheons in Italy, his wine-bibbing in France and his miscellaneous guzzlings in bars and on trains elsewhere. But they had not read the Mayor's most recent wireless message from on board the Ile de France: "It was to get a broader and more comprehensive view of city problems and their correction that I have traveled many miles through Europe and worked hard in my search for a rest...
...favorably with the cities I have seen over here." ¶ Shouted in another breath: "So long everybody. The Eiffel Tower is a fine eyeful, but I'll be mighty glad to get a look at the lady out on Bedloe's Island!" . . . ¶ Aboard the S. S. Ile de France, the indefatigable Mayor sent radio-grams by the dozen. A specimen message (to General Gouraud, military governor of Paris): "No feature of my wonderful reception by a marvelous city stands out so affectionately in my memory as my meeting with you dear general." Another radio the Mayor sent...
...doing Mr. Herrick forcibly directed the attention of U. S. citizens to that great movement called L'Art Moderne-for the steamer Ile de France in her interior decor is the work of almost a dozen of the greatest French exponents of this new species of art-an art now available in the U. S. only through one or two of Manhattan's smartest decorators...
...Upon the Ile de France have labored Pierre Patou, Lalique (perhaps the most brilliant living worker in glass), Sue et Mare (among the smartest decorators in Paris), the daring landscapist Jaulmes, the sculptor Pommier and other chief exponents of L'Art Moderne. What did Mr. Herrick find they had done upon the Ile de France...
Meanwhile the Ile de France sped on, driven by four turbines, at 23 knots.† Although this is slower than the 28 knot Mauretania, "fastest ship in the world," the Ile de France will shortly be equipped with seaplanes from which hurried passengers may be shot from her deck two days before she lands...