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...motionless, eyes front, shouldering heavy service rifles which are never seen to move, to tremble. Early one morning last week these soldier automatons turned suddenly as though on pivots, snapped to salute, and again became motionless as President Paul von Hindenburg, 81, strode forth with a Feldmarschall's tread, passed down the Wilhelmstrasse into the Taubenstrasse and entered a reeking, beery saloon...
...Most Noble Order of the Bath. The order is primarily militant. Civilians aspire to the Garter, but seldom to the Bath. Therefore last week it was a military pageant which moved with clanking swords through London, entered famed Westminster Abbey, traversed the long nave, and stamped with martial tread into the majestic, vaulted Chapel of Henry...
...memory of the present college generation has there been such a series of theatrical events that might justly be called attractions, as this month of May is bringing forth in the vicinity. The boards of Boston play-houses are echoing to such diverse things as the tread of Shakespeare's clowns and the rhythm of the clog-dancers of Good News; and the Charles is no longer the dividing line between culture and the foothills, for to-night the Dramatic Club brings Bagdad "to Brattle Hall, and offers the softer" pacing of lissom Eastern maidens. Next week caps the dramatic...
With the portentous tread of a cheese gourmet and epicure, M. Millerand advanced to the base of the statue. There he spoke movingly of the woman now commemorated in bronze, Mme. Marie Harel. It was to her glory and to the glory of France, said Alexandre Millerand, that in 1771 good Mme. Marie Harel invented and produced that soft white pearl among cheeses, Camembert. Today, added practical Lawyer Millerand, the sale of French Camembert exceeds 75,000,000 boxes per annum...
...educational circles it is safe to say that the student will be the victim. Along with the great mass of experiments tried upon him the average student would appreciate a simplification of education. Until he ceases to be dumbfounded by the intricacies of the paths he is expected to tread and can be shown the objective of his scholastic endeavors, the active--minded youth will continue either to spend more time on his outside activities or drift aimlessly along through his college career...