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...years ago, in 1653, doughty Oliver Cromwell froze English blood by his terrible command, "Take away that bauble!", and for a time the Mace was taken away. Since then no M. P. upon no matter what provocation has ever removed the Mace?this being the sole prerogative of the Sergeant-at-Arms...
Last week wrathful Teller Beckett, like a man beside himself, laid hold of the massy golden emblem, raised it to his shoulder and attempted to scurry out of the House! Up at once, aghast and furious, leaped Admiral Sir Colin Keppel, the Sergeant-at-Arms, to dash from his pew in pursuit. But Sir Colin's ceremonial sword caught in the pew, delaying him, and it was a spry messenger who overtook Beckett, took the Mace from him, handed it to Sir Colin when he arrived. Sir Corin then, with measured tread and awesome frown, marched back with Cromwell...
...Mace. Perhaps because no Congressman ever raped it, few U. S. citizens know that the House of Representatives has its distinctive Mace, topped by a silver American Eagle rampant. Should two Congressmen quarrel in the House, Sergeant-at-Arms J. G. Rodgers or his assistant would instantly snatch the Mace from its pedestal at the right of Speaker Longworth's chair and advance upon the hotheads. Such quarrels instantly and almost invariably cool. Probably apocryphal is the story that a Congress man once refused to cool, whereupon the quick-witted Sergeant-at-Arms placed the silver eagle's beak within...
...Sergeant Joe B. Sharp, 8th Infantry...
...series of disconnected gags, but Wallace keeps the action moving along, and when nothing else is happening entertains the spectator simply by his manipulation of photography. The activities of the dog-catcher of Buford, Tenn., his dog Deep Stuff and his best friend, persuaded to join by a recruiting sergeant who mentions easy eating, sleeping and band music, seem to have humorous possibilities. But Anybody's War is only mildly funny. The trouble is partly the interjection of an unnecessary lovestory, and partly that Bert Swor, who takes Moran's old part in the team, acts merely...