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Fashion and war talk mix in London silly season notes
London columns survey changing menswear from rest suits to old fashion accessories while noting Britain's Queen Elizabeth battleship design with a 15 inch gun. Reports cover Switzerland tipping norms, suffragette Mme Dieulafoy pushing women into army service, Tsar Spala dining rooms, Vatican Swiss Guards, and guardsmen shifting duties.
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Portsmouth
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Mberty
Madame Dieulafoy
M. Etienne
Spala
Nicholas
Vatican
College of Cardinals
Tuileries
Louis XVI
Thorvaldsen
Lucerne
Europe