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...group of Deputies surrounded M. Briand and slyly reminded him that the power of M. Herriot's Cartel des Gauches* has allegedly been resurrected. They twitted the Premier with adroit insinuations that the Cartellist Ministers?Chautemps (Interior), Deladier (Education), Durafour (Labor), Renoult (Justice)?were about to resign from the Cabinet, thereby discrediting the Briand Government and paving the way for a purely Cartel Ministry. For the benefit of everyone within hearing the Briand throat was cleared. His luxuriant tufted jungle of hair seemed to dilate as he cast a swift piercing glance about...
...fray Clémenceau victoriously bounded back into power. As Senator, Minister of the Interior, and finally Premier, he spent a decade in governing constructively where he had once sought only to tear down incompetence and claw dishonesty to ribbons...
...from a play written and acted by Minnie Maddern Fiske. The theatrical lady placed the scene near her birthplace, in a tough Louisiana town. Toinette (heroine) is the unsavory mistress of Michel, drunken leader of drunks. The curtain rises upon a chapel lit by a rose window and the interior of a hovel. Within the chapel rests the body of Agnes Devereaux, saintly lady. The village priest tells Toinette that Agnes Devereaux has made her the especial object of her benevolence, and Toinette is about to soften into sullen goodness when Michel enters. This brutal lover suggests stealing the cross...
...Orleans by steamer on January 9 for Belize, British Honduras, where a trading schooner has been chartered. In the sailing vessel the expedition will skin the Eastern Coast of Yucatan, stopping at points where ruins are known or suspected to exist in order to make excursions into the interior. Sometime in May the explorers will return to the United States...
...opening of the Yucatan Peninsula to scientific research is due largely to the work carried on by the American chewing gum industry and the United Fruit Company. In the interior the "Chicle Development Company has established several camps and trails which will be used by the Mason-Spinden Expedition. In Northern Honduras where Dr. Spinden hopes to continue his researches of recent years, the United Fruit Company has offered invaluable assistance in the cooperation of its personnel and the use of its planation clearings