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Seventeen years of military liability was enough training for the pre-War legions of Wilhelm Hohenzollern. Under the new dispensation Italian bambini will shoulder wooden muskets at the age of 8. A quarter of a century later they will put away the last of their peacetime arms...
...knew he was an essayist, biographer, a knowledgeable connoisseur of literature. In poor health, he worked away at Black Monastery, his one big book, lived to see it published (May 1931) seven weeks before his death. Though the Versailles Treaty whittled Hungary down to an impoverished fraction of its pre-War self, 20,000 copies of Author Kuncz's last testament have been sold there...
...balance the French budget in these hard times lotteries and roulette have again been made legal. Last week, Paris was sure that absinthe will be next. The Cabinet of Premier Gaston ("Gastounet") Doumergue was reported considering whether to legalize absinthe at its full pre-War strength of 66% alcohol or perhaps go further and legalize what used to be called Swiss absinthe (80%). According to inspired reports, "The Government feels that by monopolizing the sale and manufacture of absinthe they can keep consumption within moderate limits and yet obtain a large revenue...
When Irene Castle made her pre-War fame, the late Jim Europe's band played for her. In it was a young Negro banjoist from Indianapolis named Noble Sissle. Sissle followed Europe to France during the War where they were members of the 15th New York Infantry's "Black Devil Band" and whence they returned after Armistice to tour the U. S. Later in Boston, a shell-shocked drummer boy shot and killed Europe...
Until the present moment, however, the spirit offensive-defensive alliances between great powers, so vexing to pre-war Europe, has not arisen to trouble the waters. Now, apparently credible reports indicate that the former charming friendship between France and Russia is being restored. Amusingly enough, the moves in the game are strikingly like those from 1890 onward. First, the generals discuss military problems and an "understanding" is reached. Either concurrently or shortly afterward, this is supplemented by a political agreement. As in 1894, these preliminaries will now probably be completed by a treaty of military assistance. If France succeeds...