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King Albert and a slender lady in lavender whom many of the Legionaries thought must be a young princess "or something," stood in front of a fireplace in the palace to receive the callers. Commander Savage and Ambassador Hugh S. Gibson had to poke and pull some of the delegates to show them that the slender lady was Queen Elizabeth, with whom they might shake hands also. Ambassador Gibson introduced the delegation by saying: "There they are, your Majesty. They have fought at Oudenarde, Courtrai, Bruges and Ghent...
...takes her back to Jalna, sweet old Adeline pats her "with a hand not so much caressing as appraising. She raised her heavy red eyebrows to the lace edging of her cap and commented with an arch grin: 'A bonny body. Well covered but not too plump. Slender, but not skinny. Meg's too plump. Pheasant's skinny. You're just right for a bride. Eh, my dear, but if I was a young man I'd like to sleep with...
...Foch received two large Legion detachments. Then the Legion dined President Doumergue. They toasted the late President Wilson. President Doumergue arose and said: "I drink to a great citizen and a great statesman, President Coolidge." Following a speech, he turned abruptly to Commander Savage, dropped over his head a slender cord dangling bright insignia and said: "I create you, Commander Savage, Commander of the Legion of Honor." Pandemonium...
Secrets. A slender, partly bald little man with a bristling mus- tache, last week carried a mass of official-looking documents to a va- cant lot in Denver, tore the papers to tatters, heaped them high, squirted them with kerosene, touched off a match and cried out over the flames: "Do you think I want homes in Denver ruined? . . . All you poor girls, you troubled women, who have given me your confidence that I might help you, rest now in peace. Your secrets are safe...
...year ago Harry Payne Whitney, generous turfman, sold four horses for a song, because Ogden Mills and Ogden Mills' sister (Mrs. Henry C. Phipps) were his good friends, because he wished them luck with their new Wheatley Stables. One of the four yearlings, a slender bay colt with a reckless eye, bore the name of Dice...