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...wounded him at the time of the peace conference.† But "Tiger" Clémenceau was the antithesis of "Papa" Joffre. The Marshal was in France unquestionably the best beloved hero of the entire War. Last week would even a single deputy refuse to join in laying a harmless wreath of words upon the tomb of JOFFRE? The eulogy ended with this moving appeal by Oldest Deputy Sibille: "May there be no use of language that would wound others or inject hatred!" There was no such use. Silently nearly all the Socialist deputies, all the Communist deputies, abstained from voting...
...prize (a watch) was awarded to one M. F. for some verses entitled "David, Aged Four." Christmas is a bitter day For mothers who are poor; The wistful eyes of children Are daggers to endure. . . . My purse is full of money, But I cannot buy a toy; Only a wreath of holly For the grave of my little boy. Well known to Tower readers are Colyumist Adams' hobbies and hates, which he sets forth each Saturday in a Pepys-style diary of the week. Hobbies are tennis, poker, pool, old songs, anagrams, Latin verse, his farm at Westport, Conn...
...Professor N. Andrew N. Cleven of the University of Pittsburgh has written: "We may safely assign to Simon Bolivar a foremost place among the great of the world." The world last week honored Bolivar as follows: U. S.: President Hoover sent a message, Secretary of State Stimson laid a wreath at the Pan American Union building in Washington. In New York, Patrick Cardinal Hayes officiated at a requiem high mass. Most of the Latin American Consuls and a gentleman by the name of Emilio C. Diaz who claims official recognition as the last Tao or King of Chibcha Indians...
Colombia: Declared a legal holiday, held open-air masses, military reviews. Villagers of San Pedro Alejandro eagerly awaited a golden wreath being flown from New York by Pan American Airways. In the farmhouse where Bolivar died, a golden crown was unveiled in the death chamber by President Olaya Herrera...
...Honor to Unhappy Courage" represents a large oak plank on the seashore through which has been thrust a beautifully painted silver spigot. Several auger holes are cut through the plank, and draped over one corner is a graceful wreath of morning glories...