The American Legion Weekly [Volume 3, No18 (May 6, 1921)] . of the operator. Practically the two blades issued withthe contraption would grind throughthe shaggy upholstery of a soiled jas-sack about as far back as his driveshafts. Then all attempts at mule-beautification would cease until theQ. M. issued a new set of blades orsome device could be found for sharp-ening the old ones. In either event, by the time the festivities were resumedthe half-clipped mule would havesprouted a new coat of velour and theperformance would start at the begin-ning again. Which brings us bit by bit, or clipby cl
The American Legion Weekly [Volume 3, No18 (May 6, 1921)] . of the operator. Practically the two blades issued withthe contraption would grind throughthe shaggy upholstery of a soiled jas-sack about as far back as his driveshafts. Then all attempts at mule-beautification would cease until theQ. M. issued a new set of blades orsome device could be found for sharp-ening the old ones. In either event, by the time the festivities were resumedthe half-clipped mule would havesprouted a new coat of velour and theperformance would start at the begin-ning again. Which brings us bit by bit, or clipby clip, to the revolution that lost MarieAdelaide her throne. It was customary in those days toflee the billets of the northern towns—where the cannoneers lay huddled inheatless barns and wagon sheds and themules ate the wheels off the rollingstock as they stood belly deep in com-fortable snow—for the solace of thecapital. In Luxembourg City creampuffs could be purchased for a price,and ice cream for something less thanthe current quotations on ones As for the revolutionists, they were as remarkable a collectionof radicals as ever assembled to overturn a government There were moving pictures and showerbaths, street cars and scenery, brillianthotels and shop windows. The Rath-skeller, a blatant cafe, provided its bitof entertainment with scandalous inter-pretations of that great Americanterpsichorean effort, the Fox Trot. All of these things were a tempta-tion to American dollars as translatedinto six francs fifty centimes, and manyan AWOL found his way southwarddespite the interference of M. FOR such excursions the dull bladesof the mule clippers furnished anexcuse. There was a cutlery establish-ment in the Grande Rue that wouldundertake to grind off what little edgewas left on the blades, sign a receiptfor five francs or four marks, andguarantee that the blades would cut aswell as when new—which was no guar-antee at all. This arrangement was a little hardon the m
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