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Phantom Arsenals. Anxious to break down the general reluctance of the people to accept dictation and to prevent growing criticism of the Government for not restoring pre-war conditions, the regimented press urged Frenchmen to realize that they cannot expect to recover "the easy life of yore." More than mere anxiety lay behind a Government decree providing the death penalty for civilians found with firearms after July 30. In the chaotic days of the armistice, control was lax and a large percentage of military equipment was not surrendered. Thoughts of this "phantom arsenal" in the hands of a desperate citizenry...
Reminiscing on the days of yore O'Brien longed for the colorful regattas on the Charles when every boat club turned out with its crews of working men to defend their honor...
...peopled with green-coated, leather-aproned leprechauns, the heather-crowned hills of Donegal, the rocky outlines of the Aran Islands. Their poetry that always symbolized Ireland as a woman beautiful and bereaved was brought back to life. The story of Ireland's long struggle for independence, delivered of yore by ragged, foot-sore balladiers, was resurrected so that again, on Dublin streets, could be heard ballad singers raising the cry: "Arise ye dead of Ireland, and rouse her living...
...Donahne is entered in the high hurdles, Bob Partlow and Johnnie Bunker in the high jump. Partlow cleared six feet in the K. of C. meet, but Hunker, a six footer of yore who should have the bamboo up to six feet, two inches by now, has yet to hit his stride. Donahne has been running well and in smooth form; he will have real competition is Shields of Yale and may be pushed to as extraordinary time...
...Laocoon group. A revolutionary solemnly announced that only a small part of the human race have their heads cut off. The villain twitched about the stage like Mephistopheles with a tic. The audience half expected Fannie Brice to burst in, roll her eyes, and mutter as she did of yore: "It is always c-o-old in Roosia...