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...been born a Chenoweth of Virginia, had become a Gardener by nom de plume-a name she did not lose by becoming Mrs. Day, wife of an Army Colonel, now dead...
...ordered to leave the Chamber. He refused. Chamber President Paul Painlevé called in a small detachment of the Garde Républicaine, M. de la Ferronnais stood firm in the minute of silence that stood out like an oasis in a limitless desert. The officer of the Garde began "Au nom de la loi . . ." Mr. Ferronnais thought better of his position, seized the officer's hand in a hearty handshake, walked out of the Chamber...
...Mais non, mais non! Je vous dit qu'ils dorment." A hundred-franc note passed. "Nom de chien! Je vous-eh bien! Je vais voir." Minutes passed...
...village in the second act to interview a publisher about his book. While in New York he is mistaken for a foreign prince who is visiting the city at the same time. The publishers promptly accept his story under the delusion that he is the prince writing under a "nom de plume." During this act there are several songs and a specialty act of Jake's. The plot unfolds during the second and third acts with a series of complications which of course unravel themselves, and the play closes with the inevitable happy ending, flavored by another act of Jake...
...complexion of Texas seemed to be altering. In August, upon her nom- ination by the Democrats, Mrs. Miriam A. ("Ma") Ferguson was virtually accepted by the Nation as the Governor-elect of Texas. Last week, public prints of all party affiliations published despatches to the effect that this first blush had faded; that Dr. George C. Butte, Republican nominee, was offering "more resistance than any Republican since the days of the Reconstruction." The reports held that the Republican Party of Texas is once more "a white man's affair." In the old days, only Negroes would vote...