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CHATEAU "DE CHAVANIAC, BtRTHPLACE OFI.AFAYETTE
. TEACHfNG CHILDREN REFUGEES TO FORGET THE WAR
I :
J a MERICANS are working to rescue and care for France's little chlL
► /\ dren, made refugees and destl tute by German fright fulness. Many
who have been saved are now being sheltered nnd trained for fu
! ture usefulness at the Chateau de Chavanlac, birthplace of Lafayette,
| In the beautiful and peaceful Province of Auvergne in Southern France..
ACROSS the sea, at the Chauteau
de Chavanlac, blrfliplace of
the Marquis de Lafayette, in
the peaceful and picturesque
Province of Auvergne, Americans are
caring for little children of France who
have been made orphans nnd refugees
by the war. There is something big
nnd wonderful in the sentiment that
inspired the undertaking. It besphnks
grateful American acknowledgment of
a debt of long standing and one that
would be very difficult to cancel.
The work is being fostered and sup
ported by a group of Americnns under
the name of the French Heroes La
fayette Mermorinl Fund, Inc., of 2
West Forty-fifth Street, New York
City. It had Its beginning something;
like three years ago, when the fact be
came known that the historic home of j
the great French'patriot ar.d friend of
America was on the-market. The pres- j
ent Committee, then known as the|
French Heroes Fund, was giving aid!
in various ways to France's war suf- 1
ferers. At tlie Committee's head were
Mrs. William Astor Chanler and John
Moffat, prominent then and now In!
American-relief for war victims in the j
countries of the Allies. By their per
sonal efforts sufficient funds were se-i
)OUAI IS LAID
WASTE BY HUNS
IN WAR DRIVES
Church of St. Peter Wrecked;
Great Organ Broken
Up by Enemy
With the British Armiet in France.
Oct. 21. —Douai, in its waste and des
olation, is a sad sight.
The streets are filled with furniture
and articles of all kinds. The stained
glass windows in the Church of St.
Peter have been smashed and the
great organ has been broken up. Re
ligious ornaments were found scat
tered about the floor of the church.
The City Hall where the German
commandant had his quarters, was
pillaged and sacked. Most of the
paintings in the museum were taken
away, but fortunately the belfry was
undamaged. The material losses are
Incalculable.
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I wise men and women in this I
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that the Askra & Marine
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tes a lot of unnecessary worry
when the question of new
clothes arises.
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entite week's wages or the
biggest part of it for your new
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down and the balance to
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36 N. 2nd. Cor. Walnut
MONDAY EVENING*
cured through private subscriptions to
purchase the Chateau de Chavaniac.
Plans were formulated and submit
ted to the French Government which
gave its hearty endorsement to the un
dertaking and guaranteed its co-opera
tion in certain important ways. The
plans, nil of which have been realized,
have resulted in a home and school for
the care and training of France's or
phans, being built on grounds adjacent
to the Chateuu, and the establishment
of a sanatorium several miles distant,
where delicate and sickly children will
receive the best of medical attention.
The French Government Is to supply
teachers who will co-operate with
American instructors, and the children
are to be taught both French and Eng
lish. The Chateau itself, now used to
house little refugees, will be converted
eventually into a museum and hall of
records pertaining to Frencli and
American history.
When the boys from the school have
reached the age of eighteen years they
are to be sent to the United States,
where certain philanthropic individu
als and institutions are to give them a
three-year course of training in Ameri
can business nnd porfessional methods.
The boys will be pledged to return
then to France to give their ov-i coun
try the benefit of what they have
learned. v
But this plan has been superseded
ALL NEWS OF THE RAILROADS
ENOLA YARDMEN
CHANGED ABOUT
Many Pcnnsy Men Taken
From Extra List For
Regular Runs
Knola, Pa., Oct. 21. —The Penn
sylvania Railroad Company has
made the following changes in local
yards, by which many men will ne
assigned from the extra list to regu
law positions: E. F. Myers, brake
man 10 to hrakeman 115 crew;
R. H. Oyler, to brakeman 103 crew;
M. R. Harris, to brakeman 103
crew; R. M. Maul, to brakeman 130
crew; H. W. Campbell, to brakeman
137 crew; G. T. Kwingler, to hrake
man 128 crew; C. Kevilie, to brake
man 110 crew; 1,. M. Smith, to
brakeman 102 crew; R. M. Houseal.
to brakeman 127 crew; G. R. Stauf
fer, conductor 141 to conductor 148
crew; H. O. Warfel, brakeman 125
to conductor 149 crew; W. C. Mc
laughlin, brakeman 138 to con
ductor 150 crew; H. T. Bowers, con
ductor 146 to conductor 151 crew;
J. F. Zellers, brakeman 139 to con
ductor 152 crew; C. W. Welker,
brakeman 138 to conductor 153
crew; R. O. Snieltzer, hrakeman 135
to conductor 148 crew; H. C. Hol
land, brakeman 112 to conductor
148 crew; M. E. King, brakeman
104 to conductor 148 crew; J. R.
Hozan, brakeman 129 to conductor
149 crew; R. M. Gallagher, brake
man 129 to conductor 149 crew;
P. Rayton, brakeman 126 to con
ductor 149 crew; C. A. Duvall,
brakeman 127 to brakeman 150
W. Beachler, brakeman 118 to
brakeman 150 crew; C. K. Herman,
to brakeman 150 crew; M. Hamaker,
hrakeman 114 to brakeman 151
crew; H. E. Ulrleh, brakeman 127
to brakeman 151 crew; W. E. Miller,
brakeman 127 to brakeman 151
crew; D. R. Ray ton, hrakeman 126
to brakeman 152 crew; J. B. Patter
son, brakeman 103 to brakeman 152
crew; J, G. Bender, to braKemun
152 crew; W. R. GutshaU, to brake
man 153 crew; ('. S. Whistler, to
hrakeman 153 crew; C H. Sorge,
to brakeman 153 crew; C. w]
May, _ to brakeman 130 crew;
C. E. Weldon, to brakeman 130
crew; E. B. Cessna, hrakeman 105
to hrakeman 101 crew; W. R. Poff,
brakeman 130 to brakeman 133
crew; C. R. Dissinger, hrakeman 102
to brakema 114 crew; F. A. S'chullz,
to brakeman 130 crew; J. Riddick,
to brakeman 114 crew; W. F. Tten
ninger, to brakeman 127 crew; J. S.
Keene, hrakeman 102 to brakeman
Says Chemist Is Public
Benefactor
"Being a doctor, and suffering for
many years with stomach trouble, I
feel'l cannot do Justice to so great
a public benefactor in writing
Mayr's. Wonderful Remedy is
everytHlng you have claimed for it
T can now eat and relish victuals
I have not dared to eat in many
years. Am feeling like newly
born." It Is a simple, harmless
preparation that removes the
catarrhal mucus from the in
testinal tract and allays the inflam
mation which causes practically all
stomach, liver and .intestinal ail
ments, including appendicitis. One
dose will convince or money refund
ed. On sale at Geo. A. Gorgus
,H. C. Kennedy, Clark's 2 drug stores
and druggists everywhere. i
WHOLESOME FOOD INSTEAD OF GERMAN "KULTUR" CHILDREN'S DORMITORY IN LAFAYETTE'S BIRTHPLACE
for the time being by the more urgent
work of rescuing and caring for as
many ns possible of France's children
made waif's of war and turned out
upon the world, destitute and helpless,
by the friglitfulhess and vandatism of
the Germans. The policy of the Com
mittee is to render the quickest and
most generous aid in its power where
need is most urgent and the suffering
most intense In France. So it came
about that when the Germans began
their drive of frightfulness last March
the Committee suspended all other ac
tivities at the moment to turn its full
attention to work of rescue for the
children refugees.
A cable message from the Paris Com
mittee of the French Heroes Lafayette
Memorial Fund, Inc., made known the
fact that many children were in a des
perate state, that it had been resolved
Can Buy Extra Fares
With Pullman Tickets
A change in system was put
into elt'ect yesterday at all rail
road stations by the government,
eliminating the tedious shuttling
back and forth of ticket buyers,
trying to get a sufficient supply
of extra-fare tickets to ride on
Pullman cars. '
Under the new system the buy
er of an ordinary ticket, who
wants to ride in a Pullman gets
the extra-fare coupon at the
Pullman window, instead of go
ing back to the ticket window
tor it.
118 crew; J. N. Dibeler, brakeman
137 to conductor 146 crew; J. W.
Snyder, brakeman 128 to conductor
141 crew; M. Peck, to brakeman 129
I crew; J ,E. Hocker, to brakeman 105
crew; J. O. Heicker, to brakeman
,125 crew; George Hoke, to brake
| man 138 crew; D. B. Henderson, to
brakeman 139 crew; R. R. Eagan, to
brakeman 138 crew; H. A. Smith, to
brakeman 135 crew; H. H. Good, to
brakeman 112 crew; J. W. Kiner,
to brakeman 104 crew; A. M. Boyles,
to brakeman 114 crew; C. A. Rohr
baugh, to brakeman 127 crew; Wil
liam Isenbach, to brakeman 127
|E. C. Dressier, to brakeman 102
H. E. Grudy, to brakeman 129 crew;
E. R. Manner, to brakeman 130
crew; A. W. Neidig, to brakeman
102 crew; G. M. Fisher, to brake
man 127 crew; J. H Chenewoth, to
brakeman 129 crew; p. R. Ensrnin
ger, to brakeman 126 crew; C. R.
Ensminger, to brakeman 126 crew;
W. H. Young, to brakeman 118
crew; R. R. Bowers, to brakeman
103 crew.
Flames Sweep Garage
and Grand Opera House
| Philadelphia, Oct. 21.—A six-alarm
j Are, which caused a loss estimated at
| $500,000, yesterday destroyed one of
j the best-known landmarks in the up
! town section and seriously menaced
another. The building occupied by
the Black and White Taxicab Com
pany, at No. 1726 North Broad street,
was completely swept by the flames.
Nixon's Grand Opera House, at Broad
street and Montgomery avenue, was
badly damaged and six other con
cerns were temporarily put out of
business.
The fire started in the taxi com
pany's garage, which occupied the
ground floor of the three-story brick
structure next to the Opera House.
The cause of the fire is unknown, al
though the police and firemen receiv
ed reports that it was started by an
explosion of gasoline which resulted
when heat from a tire vulcanizing
outfit ignited a pood of oil.
Mute Kills Playmate
Who Makes Fun of Him
Patcrson, N. J., Oct. 21.—Annie
Dienema. 14, was found dead on the
edge of a swamp neur here yesterday
morning. James Thompson, a mute,
14, playmate of {he girl, confessed
yesterday afternoon, according to the
police, that he killed the girl with a
■ stone because she made fun of him.
'Thompson was taken to Hackcnsack
j Jail.
HMI.ROAD MEN SUB9CIIIBE
It did not need Casey Jones to drive
the No. 1 roundhouse boys to sub
scribe $60,000 for the Riberty Roan.
One Inspection pit. No. 1, alone chipped
In $10,300, contributions of twenty
:wo men.
HARRISBURG TEIiEGHJLPH
I into nn emergency committee for their
j welfare and that the number of little
! children rescued and saved depended
[ upon the number of American dollars
given for the work.
The Paris Committee is one of pow
erful and devoted personnel. Judge
Walter Berry, President of the Ameri
can Chamber of Commerce in Paris, is
Chairman ; Ridgeley Carter of the Mor
gan, Harjes & Company banking house
is Treasurer-; Robert Woods Bliss of
the American" Embassy is Vice Chair
man of the Committee ; Premier Clem
cnceatt is President of the Committee
of Honor in France, which also In
cludes former Premiers Vlvianl,
Brland, Ribot, Pnlnleve and other dis
! tinguished Frenchmen.
The battle area covered a large num
j ber of square miles and Included nu
merous thickly populated sections.
Railroad Earnings Jump,
Due to High Rates
j Washington, Oct. 21.—Increased
returns from higher freight and
passenger rates are fully apparent
for the first time in reports of rail
way earnings to the interstate com
merce commission.
Compilations by the commission
for August, just made public show
an operating income of $128,123,000
for the month or $24,000,000 more
than in August. 1917. Operating
revenues jumped to $502,759,000,
,'hich was $136,000,000 more than
in August last year.
; At the same time, however, ex
penses increased to $358,987,00'0, or
I $112,000,000 more than in August,
j 1917.
| The report indicated also that the
j government has paid railroads in
■ compensation in the eight months
ending with August nearly $200,-
j 000,000 more than it has received
las not operating income.
Eastern railroads in August re
corded $235,017,000 revenues, and
$173,093,000 operating expenses, with
$55,803,000 as net operating income.
Democratic Cards
Are Called Unfair
j Washington, Oct. 21.—Democratic
icampaign advertising in street cars
| and on billboards was denounced
jby Representative Madden, of Illi
;nois, Republican, in a speech in the
| House Saturday as' insinuating that
■ the Republicans are not patriotic.
|He cited a placard reading: "Ger
jmany will say you reputyated Wil
json if you elect to Congress anyone
not in sympathy with his policy."
| Mr. Madden declared Republicans
in Congress have supported the
j President more loyally than the
: Democratic members. Representa
tive Hefiin, of Alabama. Democrat,
| interrupted to deny this.
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West Fairview Over Top
in Liberty Loan Drive
i ,
J West Fairview subscribed its
! Fourth Liberty Loan quota of $30,-
400 and some to spare, final figures
showing that the patriotic borough
subscribed $4 0,000. The population
of the borough is between 1,500 and
1,600. Every resident in the town
j was visited by the committee. The
committee is as follows: Thompson
S. Martin, chairman; Frank Haw
baker, vice-chairman; Sylvan Net-
I dig, Frederick Seidle, J. Hsfrpcr
j Lantz, L. N. Cranford, R. C. Mc-
Combs, W. E. Hoover, E H. Curry,
Walter Hawbaker and Warren B.
Smith.
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A cold cellar makes
a cold floor
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Thousands of little children wire
caught In the tide of war and suffered
most because they were not as well
prepared ph.vsicially or mentally as
those of mature years to stand the
perils and privations caused by Ger
man "kulture." Thousands of little
outcasts had to tiee for their lives.
Roads, fields and forests of battle-torn
France were overrun with refugees,
vast numbers of whom were children.
Many were separated from their par
ents, some had seen their mothers
killed, others showed effects of Ger
man wounds and gas poison, while still
others were ill from exposure and
hardship. All were terror-stricken and
helpless.
Under the direction of John Moffat,
Executive Chairman of the 'Fund, ap
peals were made to Americans for coti
tlibations to aid the necessary rescue
America and Her Allies Demand
Germany's Complete Surrender
Washington, Oct. 21.—The fright
ful desolation which has character
ized the retreat of the Germans in
Northern Belgium and France
makes even more determined the
purpose of the United States and
our Allies to exact retribution. "Un
conditional surrender" and just pun
ishment is the concrete expression
of public opinion.
Nothing less than the unqualified
surrender of Germany will be ftc
ceptable to 'President Wilson. The
President has not only laid down
terms of peace, but also conditions
precedent to the taking of any steps
■ toward their application. He insists
on the destruction of the arbitrary
power of the Hohenzollerns and the
present autocratic powers vested in
the German government. No armis
tice will be granted unless Germany
is ready lo give the guarantees and
safeguards to be imposed by Marshal
Foch and the Allied military advis
ers.
It can be stated without reserva
tion or qualification that there must
l>e complete surrender by Germany
to these terms and conditions, and
if the Berlin authorities are not now
ready to capitulate to-the demands
of President Wilson, he is quite will
ing to wait until he and the Allies
do obtain what they want. The
President is fully convinced that a
complete victory can and will he won
by force of arms. He is confident
that only a political mistake could
nullify the present military and
moral superiority of the Allies.
Those best qualified to know the
President's attitude assert that he is
absolutely on his guard and does not
propose to be euchred J?y German
diplomacy or trickery.
The President knows exactly what
he wants. He has told the German
government and people what they
must do. His attitude is one in which
he will yield nothing, bargain or
compromise nothing, hut insist on
absolute surrender to the terms laid
down and to the conditions and
guarantees, to be imposed.
HOLLOW PRETENSIONS OF
BERLIN PEACE TALK
London. Oct. 21.—"The Amster
dam forecast of the German reply
to President Wilson," says the
Chronicle, "is considered to.contain
the main elements of Germany's re
ply, otherwise it is difficult to sup
pose that it would have passed the
censor. Morepver, it responds in its
general lines to expectation on the
subject. It was supposed that Ger
many would merely talk for the sake
of gaining time whereby her troops
might reach new defensive positions.
"The most casual examination of
the supposed concessions show how
hollow they are. The statement that
Germany is willing to evacuate Bel
gium, but that the operation vyould
take months, is characteristic. It
shows that there is no real accept
ance of the Entente stipulation that
an armistice must be treated as a
military measure and, therefore, left
in the hands of Marshal Foch. The
suggestion is that the Germans
should retire at leisure, whereas, of
course, the first principle of any ar
mistice is disarmament of the
enemy
"The old argument about U-boat
warfare, being on a par with the
blockade, is scarcely worthy of com
ment. The sinking of merchant ships
without placing their crews in a
place of safety is barbarity, as de
fined by maritime law. As to the
provision to stop the ruthless use of
submarines, It corresponds -by an
odd coincidence with the loss of the
U-boat bases on the Flanders coast.
"If the published terms are ap
proximately exact, they show that
the Junker spirit la still dominant!
I still goes on. Groups of
tlicro are now at Lafayette's birth
place. Can yon picture what the
transition menus to these pitiful waifs,
many of whom were little more than
babies? Wholesome food, and plenty
of it., instead of hunger; clean and
comfortably clothes instead of rags;
green fields, flowers and a wealth of
sunshine Instead of dark, damp cellars,
wrecked homes and devastated lands;
the music of birds and the whisper of
trees instead of the deadly shriek of
exploding shells of German manufac
ture.
The work has been placed on a sys
tematic basis by the Paris Committee.
A large house has been equipped in
Paris where the refugees are taken
and properly cared for until they can
be sent with safe escort to the Chateau
de Chavaulac. Many of the war vic
tims were on the verge of mental dls-
I and that an effort will be made to
carry the war through this winter in
the hope that some cause will di
vide the Allies and improve the
German position in regard to peace
in the meantime. There will be no
acceptance of an armistice on En
tente lines until Prussia fear's inva
sion, therefore the time of the Ger
man 'conversion' will doubtless coin
cide with our renewed and enlarge
successes, and will not be before
then. ' '
"Peace is not advanced one inch
by this reply."
Telephone Rates to Stay
as They Are For Present
Washington.—lt is not the pur
pose of the Government officials In
charge of the telegraph and tele
phone systems to increase telephone
rates unless unexpected conditions
arise. A partial investigation has
convinced the Post Office Depart
ment that an increase is not neces
sary.
It was pointed out that there will
be some readjustments here and
there, and in the end local rates
may be changed, but no general in
creases recommended.
There is promise, it was also as
serted, of improved service. In
Washington and a few other busy
centers the task of procuring and
keeping telephone operators is a
hard one. This condition may be
met with an increase in pay.
REBUKES CARELESS TRAVELEII
Amsterdam.—The European habit
of placing one's shoes outside the
bedroom door at night to find them
ready cleaned in the morning, no
longer obtains in Germany. Leather,
is so scarce nowadays that boots
and shoes have become "objects of
value" to be left in custody of the
hotel manager. A hotel guest at
Cologne, who brought suit against
a hotel proprietor to recover dam
ages for his shoes which had dis
appeared overnight, lost his case
and the judge rated the traveler
soundly for. "not protecting his i
property better in these dreadful I
days when thieving is rampant and
hotel staffs reduced owing to the
war."
STOPS BACKACHE "
IN FEW MINUTES
Rub lumbagp, pain, soreneses, f
stiffness right but with
"St. Jacobs Liniment"
When your back Is sore and lame
or lumbago, Sciatica or neuritis has
you stiffened up, don't suffer! Get a
small trial bottle of old, hpnest "St.
Jacobs Liniment" at any drug store,
pour a little In your hand and rub it
right into the pain or ache, and by
the time you county fifty, the sore
ness and lameness is gone,
Don't stay crippled! This sooth
ing, penetrating liniment takes the
ache and pain right out and onds
the misery. It is magical, yet abso
lutely harmless and doesn't burn or
discolor the skin.
Nothing else stops lumbago, scia
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promptly and surely. It never dis
appoints!— Adv.
OCTOBER 21, 1918.
"work. Responses were gen
erous, and the golden mes
sage that Americans sent
to Prance has saved and
comforted many little chil
dren there. The urgency of
the work could not be too
strongly emphasized. These
children are France's men
and women of tomorrow,
upon whom will rest the re
sponsibilities of state, the
guidance and upbuilding of
the nation. The children
are now in the formative
stage and must develop for
good or bad, for strength
or weakness. Many have
been rescued, and the work
Paris Celebrates by
Launching New Loan'
Paris, Oct. 21.—With enthusiasm
unabated by a pouring rain, Psrls
yesterday celebrated the liberation of
French towns from the enemy and
the opening of a campaign for the
new French loan. American troops
with the flag of the 301 st Infantry
headed a parade of Allied soldiers
through the streets. They were fol- j
lowed by Belgians. Brazilians and
British and by Greeks, who had ar
rived in Paris this morning from the
Macedonian front. Polish. Portu
guese, Serbian , and Czecho-Slovak
Vote For Fox
Do not overlook the NON-PARTISAN
column on the official ballot at the
election, Tuesday, November sth, 1918.
It is SEPARATE from the PARTY column, con
tains the names of all candidates for Judge of the
SUPREME COURT and requires a SEPARATE mark.
Make YOUR vote count for the good of the
state by casting it for
Edward J. Fox
of Northampton County
Judge Fox is a PRESENT member of the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania by appoint
ment and is a candidate to SUCCEED himself.
He had been a successful practicing lawyer for
thirty-eight years when called to the supreme bench on
June 18, 1918, to fill the vacancy created by the death of
the late Hon. S. Leslie Mestrezat.
His appointment has been generally COMMENDED
by the bench, bar and newspapers of the state.
We believe that CAPABLE judges should be kept
on the bench, therefore we urge the RETENTION of
Judge Fox.
TWO vacancies are to be filled at the No
vember election, but under the law each voter
may vote for only ONE.
i
We hope YOUR one will be for the pres
ent incumbent, Judge Fox.
EDWARD J. FOX CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,
W. 8. KIRKPATRICK, Chairman.
traction, and It required time to ob
literate the recollection of the horrors
they had endured.
Realizing that this Is a work far
reaching now, and a work that must
be kept up in the years to come, the
French Heroes Lafayette Memorial
Fund, Inc., has recently extended its
usefulness by establishing close co-op
eration with eight of the best known
relief organizations for children and
other helpless- in France. This
committee pledges Itself to care for a
stipulated nnmher of children rescued
by the organization. These numbers
may be increased as rapidly as funds
from America are available. Many of
the foremost men and women of
France are closely identified with
these committees. Collectively they
represent the opinion of all France—
Catholic, Protestant, Government and
Labor.'
This Is America's opportunity to ren
der a real service to France. Just as
France fought for this country more
than a century ago, so do Americans
tight today for France to safeguard
honor and maintain liberty, to pre
serve the same faith, ideals and tradi
tions. Gratitude and duty are two of
many good reasons why our people
should enter heart and soul into the
work and why every loyal American
of red blood and grateful nature should
regard It as a privilege to be allowed
to help the suffering little .children of
France.
Funds are still needed to support
this American work for Frances. Ap
peals are still being made to Ameri
cans. Contributions should be sent to
James A. Blair, Jr., Treasurer, French
Heroes Lafayette Memorial Fund Ina,
2 West 45th Street, New Fork City.
soldiers also were In line. A sub
] scription booth for the loan has been
I placed inside the pedestal of the
statue of the city of Lille in the
Place de la Concorde. The statue
is covered with wreaths and bouquets
of flowers
£OLDS gj
Head or cheat—
are best treated
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