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...Mandal (Chamber of Princes) the two high-backed plush thrones (for the Viceroy and his wife) had been dusted off. The red velvet Victorian armchairs (for India's princes) were all in place. The heavy Mogul tapestries had been hung from the high marble walls. The thick red carpet had been duly swept. India's princely rulers, each entitled to his salute of guns, should soon stalk in, stiff with brocade and glittering with jewels for two days of genteel debates. Afterwards they would be entertained at a formal party by the Viceroy and Lady Wavell...
...fast-growing porch vine. But southern farmers now cultivate it as a field plant to cover eroding soil. Planted from "crowns" (roots and buds), it spreads quickly, putting down new roots like strawberry runners. Its big leaves, shed each fall, eventually cover the ground with a thick, flaky carpet like a forest floor. Because it may be winterkilled by hard frosts, it has so far been grown only in the South, but the Department of Agriculture is trying to breed hardier strains...
Home on the Range. In Kansas City, Mrs. Paul Fisher found the family radio out of order, the washing machine smashed, the carpet sweeper failing, sighed, "At least the ice box works." Her husband opened it and the door fell...
Then he caught a train for Moscow. He arrived in a blinding snowstorm. At the flag-decked Kursk Station, a Red Army Guard of Honor stood at attention. A Red Army band played the La Marseillaise and the Soviet Hymn. Down 100 yards of red carpet marched People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Viacheslav Molotov and a reception committee of fur-coated, fur-hatted, felt-booted Russian and Allied dignitaries...
...Rebel" Smith tells his story of "Sherman's Retreat" through Georgia. "Why, it was another Dunquerque," says the man from the Deep South. When accused of being related to a carpet bagger, Smith was seen gathering his Confederate flag and picture of Robert E. Lee, and heading home...