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Show I' In Qdiberon buy thcr wa4 a greai French fleet under the command of Admiral Ad-miral La Motte-Picquet, and from him Paul Jones obtained what he claimed to be tho first foreign saluto ever given the Amercan flag. It is true that th governor of one of theDntch West Indb islands had got in trouble the year bt fore for saluting the American flag, bui La Motte-Picquet's was undoubtedly tho first direct and unqualified saluta It was not obtained without some ad dress as well as boldnes? oii Paul Jones part, an the alliance between Francs and the United States was not then signed, bnt when the French admiral agreed to saluto ho did it courteously, paying the compliment of having his guns already raanuod when Pan! Jones sailed through the fleet Molly Eliiot Seawell'3 "Pani Jones" ir Century. Any one conversant witn the modem femalo school and collogo knows that one of the best equipped and hest patronized pa-tronized of their departments is the gymnasium, and that the result is a race of strong, graceful girls, who aro as far ahead of their counterparts of a generation ago as tho American college athleto of today is ahead of his dyspop tic predecessor sf 1SG0. Philadelphia Press. |