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...urchin, questioned in the street as to how he had managed to acquire a new suit of clothes and as to why he was tearing down posters from a wall, said, grinning: "Don't you see our uniforms? We spent a fortnight at one of these kids' homes and they outfitted us fine. Then, of course, we skipped. So now we are getting sheets to keep us clean...
...British Legion gave a luncheon with the Prince of Wales, in double-breasted grey suit, as toastmaster. The Prince talked quietly with Commander Savage and Ambassador Alanson B. Houghton until a red-coated attendant rapped the gavel. Then he lifted his glass to "The King!" made a short speech and raised his glass again "To the President of the United States." Earl Haig, British commander-in-chief in the War, recalled incidents of U. S. gallantry. Lady Edward Spencer Churchill and Mrs. Adaline Wright Macauley spoke for their respective Legion Auxiliaries...
...into the sunshine, nonchalantly gallant. A large crowd gathered to see his end and more than 1,000 troops were assembled to do him a last gruesome honor. He was marched to a pile of stones and ordered to stand with his back to it. But this did not suit him and he elected to be shot with his back to a wall...
Sinclair Oil v. the U. S. (the last civil suit of the oil scandals, about the validity of the Teapot Dome lease...
...this lady. Some times her husband was present; more, often not. At last Elizabeth confessed to Theodore a monstrous thing. Theodore Tilton, afterwards, was not so ready to bow down to Henry Ward Beecher; finally, after resentments had smouldered and gathered for five years, he brought suit against the clergyman for alienation of his wife's affection...