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...described as "the Newport of Imperial Rome." The city was obliterated by the same eruption of Vesuvius which engulfed Pompeii (1,848 years ago). Thirty feet of rock-hard lava cover the palaces of Herculaneum; but with the coming of His Majesty last week, rock drills began to purr and chatter...
...roused perhaps too late, sent pompous officials about the streets armed with heavy swords. Criers announced that they would cut off the head of any one found making subversive speeches; but, when they passed, the purr of English and Chinese began again...
...felt hat back on his head, talked. A secretary sat on a kitchen chair, scribbled busily. Bruce Barton, famed advertising man and magazine writer (TIME, Sept. 27) sat on the floor, listened, asked questions. The pine breath of the woods and the distant shadows of the Adirondacks seemed to purr in contented harmony...
...formal luncheon at the British Foreign Office loomed finally, to divert their Spanish Majesties from too light hearted enjoyment. Though Foreign Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain and his wife received all other guests at the head of the crimson carpeted Foreign Office stairway, they descended to the quadrangle as the purr of King Alfonso's limousine was heard. His Majesty gave to Lady Chamberlain his arm. Her Majesty was escorted by lank, bemonacled Sir Austen. British Royalty, having previously entertained their Spanish Majesties at Buckingham was not present. All dined in the great room in which was signed the Treaty...
...months. To the despair of his guards Signor Mussolini has become so attached to the now full-grown lioness that he insists on entering her cage for an occasional frolic. When he calls: "Italia! Italia Bella!" the lithe tawny beast bounds up to him, is said to purr with alarming loudness. To date 11 Duce has suffered barely a scratch or two from the claws of Italia Bella. Like her namesake, "Fair Italy," she appears to adore him. The invisible talons of Federzoni may yet prove more deadly to II Duce's supremacy than the claws of Italia Bella...