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Over Michel Ney's once unmarked grave in Pere-Lachaise Cemetery now rises a three-tiered monument, blazoned with plaques of rose-colored marble bearing the names of the hero's descendants also buried there and the dates of his victories. Last week news of the North Carolina venture made Pere-Lachaise keepers scoff anew at a chestnut which had been popping fitfully for years. At No. 20 Rue Quentin-Bauchart, the Duchess of Elchingen, relict of a Michel Ney who died in 1931, vigorously denied that her husband's great ancestor was buried...
Money for the monument was left by the late J. Henry Ferguson, bachelor Baltimore banker and socialite, who described Generals Jackson & Lee as "my boyish heroes," specified in his bequest: "On one of the [statue's] sides, I want it to read: They were great generals and Christian soldiers and waged war like gentlemen.' These are my own words, and I only ask the simple word under them, 'Ferguson.'" Mrs. Fraser's winning model, in accordance with the competition's rules, showed the generals as they parted before Chancellorsville, on May 2, 1863. General...
Some publicity stunts that Pressagent Fellows tells about: sending an elephant to lay a wreath on a dead elephant's monument; staging the real wedding of a clown in Madison Square Garden; putting up a gorilla at Manhattan's McAlpin Hotel. One stunt he denies any connection with was plumping the midget (Lia Graf) on J. P. Morgan's knee. Of circus freaks in general Fellows writes with friendly sympathy. He recalls one Jonathan R. Bass, an ossified man: "He seemed well informed, was fond of conversation, and was an atheist." Once a certain fire-eating...
...IMMENSE SUN-Blair Niles- Bobbs-Merrill ($2.50). Historical romance set in 16th Century Peru. Author Niles, who spent two years on the scene absorbing local color, researching into Inca lore, turns out a monument to industry, if not artistry...
...determined President Gómez' inauguration was the result of a quiet, methodical two-year campaign for the Presidency. Last week, two days before inauguration, Miguel Mariano Gómez reminded Cubans of his illustrious and reliable family background by having three granddaughters unveil a huge Havana monument to Jose Miguel Gómez. Next day President Gómez was sworn in at the Hall of Mirrors of the Presidential Palace by his big-nosed political opponent, Supreme Court Chief Justice Juan Federico Edelman. President and Chief Justice exchanged a big hug. In his speech to Congress, President...