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...pair of boots for Jack Sheppard," "A sword for the Red Knight," "A suit of armor for Sir Florian." Thus spoke honest burghers in London printshops on Saturday nights. They laid down their pennies, took home boots, sword, armor, cut them from their cards, pasted them on the effigies of contemporary actors. They took pains. Often the scenes constructed in the three-sided rooms of the toy theatres were works of subtle art. Artists afterwards famed sometimes got bread by engraving the penny cards, the tuppeny cards-Blake, Flaxman, Cruikshank. Thousands worked at the making of the theatres; now only...
...Alterations on the six older capital ships New York, Texas, Florida, Wyoming, Utah, Arkansas to blister* them as protection against submarine attack, to strengthen their deck armor against aircraft bombs and plunging fire, to replace their worn-out boilers with modern oil-burning equipment. Total cost...
...Construction of eight new scout cruisers of 10,000 tons displacement, carrying 8-inch guns, to be laid down not later than July 1, 1927. Cost each (exclusive of armor and armament...
...Construction of six river gunboats (for use in China) prior to July 1, 1927. Cost each (exclusive of armor and armament...
...spite of the fact that the situation is a very "preoccupying feature of the national life." France finds her low birth rate an asset and a liability, and is consequently in a quandary. Her limited supply of cannon fodder has long been considered the weak spot in her armor against the prolific Hun. The deadly baby is Germany's strongest weapon in her ancient feud with France. The other horn of the dilemma is the fact that French economic strength depends on a society of small land-holders, so that a new born baby has almost as great a capacity...