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...George V, R. I., is naturally harassed by artists anxious to paint his portrait and gain fame and pelf thereby. Recently Artist Richard Jack, R. A., failed to persuade His Majesty to grant a sitting, but was graciously allowed the loan of a sword, a field marshal's uniform on which were pinned many orders, and a cape-all indisputably fresh from the royal wardrobe. Thus encouraged, Artist Jack slapped these accoutrements upon canvas in an attitude "regally erect," which was reported to "make the King seem unusually tall and commanding." Pleased, His Majesty inspected it last week, deigned...
Gifts. As the Premier prepared to set out on a tour of the interior, Hassuna Pasha, the native Mayor of Tripoli, presented him with a superb gold writing service and a beautiful Arabian sword. Said he: "Signor Mussolini, few mortals can equal your skill with both the pen and the sword. Our gift is accordingly symbolic...
...Paris Novelist Henri Barbusse, winner of the Prix Goncourt with his pen and the Croix de Guerre with his sword, occupies a position unique and anomalous. He is always bringing some unpleasant fact to light, and his genius is always just sufficient to make the expose nauseatingly unforgettable. With such a man what is to be done? He was among the first to turn up to view the festering underside of Glory in his War novel Le Feu (Under...
Lastly, Lord Reading has upheld that sharp yet intangible and often irrationally wielded sword: "British Justice." His crowning achievement in this respect was, of course, to force the abdication of the Maharaja of Indore (TIME, March 8) because that potentate had mistreated a dancing girl who, according to Indian tradition, was indisputably his to do with as he pleased...
...When we are in a dilemma and uncertain what road to take, we turn and carry out the Arab saying, 'The sword is more truthful than writings...