Word: m
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...organization seemed to be frequent luncheons at the Hotel George V de luxe seat of the second Dawes Committee. Charter Bellhops include: 1) Stuart Crocker, a General Electric associate of Chairman of the Second Dawes Committee Owen D. Young; 2) Frederick Bate, Secretary of the Committee; 3) M. de Sanchez of the Morgan Company; 4) Leon Fraser, Paris representative of Agent General of Reparations Seymour Parker Gilbert. In thus projecting on a higher plane the luncheon club habits of Babbitts, these junior tycoons confirmed the fixed belief of Frenchmen that "Americans are all alike...
...politically and socially," threatened one of Spinster Mason's letters, "because you betrayed me 20 years ago." Under cross-examination she admitted writing the letters, but said they were meant for another Mr. Snowden. "It's just one of those cases of mistaken identity. I'm awfully sorry...
...election to fill the vacant seat. Last week five such by-elections were held, although the five M.P.'s elected will hold their seats for less than two months, namely until May 10, when Parliament will be dissolved for a General Election. Therefore when two more M. P.'s suddenly died, the party chieftains got together, last week, and agreed that nobody would call the attention of "Mr. Speaker" to these two particular empty seats...
...first time the President of the Republic−just now M. Gaston Doumergue−chose to ignore the inflexible protocol which decrees that the Head of the State does not follow the corpse of a citizen. For the first time the King of the Belgians−tall, chivalrous, heroic Albert I− came to Paris in the simple quality of general, kissed the hand of Mme. La Maréchale Foch, looked for the last time on the Supreme Generalissimo, whose orders even His Majesty had obeyed as a subordinate, and returned to Brussels after only three hours...
Sped six years. The new Prime Minister was that savage atheist M. Georges Clemenceau, well called "The Tiger." One day Catholic Foch was bidden to luncheon by Atheist Clemenceau. They merely chatted until the General reached the point of raising and sipping his demitasse, when The Tiger suddenly flashed, "You are the new Director of the War College! I have just signed your appointment...