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...Government's fall. In short, Premier Laval could not have the promised papers last week. German secrets possessed by Britain must be concealed from France, her Wartime ally with all that that implied. Soon the official French attitude was made known by Minister of Marine François Pi??tri as the French Navy deployed before him in maneuvers at Brest. Said he: "This may cause us to doubt not the friendship of Britain but her pru-dence...
...Pi??ce de resistance of the White durbar is Crooner Rudy Vallée. He submits good-naturedly to some mild joshing, does not seem to mind when Willie Howard asks him if he is related to the Lehigh Valleys, sings several numbers with & without a megaphone...
...Club Cook Book scorns frippery and froufrou, sets forth many a plain but seasonable and spicy appetizer, many a hearty pi??ce de résistance. Like its author's conversation these recipes are blunt but pointed, dipped in the salty wit of good sense. Unusual among politicians. Dr. Browne says what he thinks; unique among cookbook authors, he gives many a flat decision on moot questions of food & drink. "Beaten biscuits are biscuits horribly beaten before they are cooked and may be used as golf-balls afterward.'' Of a Clover Club cocktail he says, "It's an awful mixture...