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Accompanying the Ambassador were his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Parmely Herrick. They beamed as he cried to the crowds: "Merci! Merci! Mes amis!" They sped with him to the U. S. Embassy, where he was welcomed in behalf of the American Club of Paris by its President, smart expatriate Percy Piexotto. Followed a two-minute reply by Mr. Herrick, who seemed not fully convalescent and leaned heavily on his cane. Said he ". . . One thing is certain! No matter what are the prevailing differences between France and the United States, ... a way to satisfy both countries will...
...revoir, mes amis!" cried M. le President Gaston Doumergue, then drew in his head...
Horrified, the Warden attempted to hush these shrill cries. But the face of M. Louis Barthou only crinkled in a smile: "Eh! mes petits, do I then resemble your so many 'papas'-what is the mystery...
...start of a Paris-Madrid air race. That was in 1911, only eight years after the first motor-propelled airplane flew. As the Premier and the War Minister stood watching, a monoplane swooped down on them and crashed, killing M. Berteaux, wounding M. Monis, who later resigned the Premiership. "Mes amis," asked Premier Poincaré last week, "do you know what has happened to Antoine Monis?" Blank faces greeted the question. M. Monis was probably dead, thought the Deputies. Today even the French Who's Who (Qui Etes-Vous?) omits his name. "Messieurs...
...almost human. He died in the swamps of La Pompelle in 1917, of influenza. He always remembered and acted strangely several hours in advance of an attack when he had heard me give the order, perhaps days before. Is that memory or intelligence? Is that soul or instinct? Mes amis, you may rest assured that dogs at least remember...