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...does not smoke or chew. When angered, he swears vigorously. His flashy temper quickly subsides. Once he taught Sunday school in Algona. A Congregationalist, he used to attend the same church as President Coolidge until the crowds drove him away...
...Sunday mornings the house cat taught him [Kitten Mike] to stalk pigeons in the colonnade. Mike was set to 'point' like a dog, and the house cat little by little drove the pigeons up into a corner. The pigeons became dazed, and fell down, and then each cat seized a bird and carried it into the house uninjured. The house keeper took the pigeons from the cats, and in return for them gave a slice of beef or mutton and milk to each cat. The pigeons were taken into a little side room, and after they had eaten...
...that the reception line moved along more leisurely. In all that day President Hoover greeted 6,348 officials and citizens, the largest New Year's reception in many a year. The warm air in the White House, the heavy scent of flowers, perfume and outdoor clothing, drove the President out on the rear portico for fresh air twice during the three-hour ceremony. As he returned the first time, he said to Mrs. Hoover: "First down...
...miles from my home. The farmhouse does not belong to an old countess but to a friend of my father, Comte de Tremont, who is also our neighbor in Vendee. I remember M. de Tremont telling us of his surprise when, one evening, Clémenceau drove to his Château de la Guignardiere and expressed his wish to rent the little farmhouse at St. Vincent sur Jard. M. de Tremont told the old Tiger that he was only too glad to offer the place to him. The story of the old countess seemed the more amusing...
...Archangel was captured by the Allies who immediately pushed south on five disconnected fronts. When the Armistice came, they found themselves frozen in for the winter. In January, with the temperature 30° below zero, the Red Army assaulted them, drove them back. The wounded died from exposure. Machine guns would work only from heated blockhouses. A bare hand touching metal was seared as by fire. Snow and continual darkness fought for the enemy. On March 30 occurred the "mutiny" of Company I of the 339th Infantry. So great was the demoralization of all troops that withdrawal was ordered with...