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Show ' ' ' Homage Paid Joan of Arc Old and new were reunited when Orleans and New Orleans met In the fifteenth century hotel de vllle of the city on the Loire at the heart of France recently, says a Paris correspondent. The bicentenary of the new world city was the occasion of the United States delegates' visit. Homage was paid to Joan of Arc, the champion of the Medieval Me-dieval struggle for freedom. She was the subject of French and American speeches, and flowers and a bronze palm leaf were laid at the foot1 her statue. A pilgrimage, too, was made to the fort of Tourclles, so, famous fa-mous in the defense of the city by the maid. The events of those far-gone centuries served as a distant romantic background to the present struggle, in which the most recent figures to appear ap-pear on a crowded canvas are those of the United States soldiers on .the Flanders front. Side by side with, the mention of medieval names' and events were heard, fn the old halls of Orleans, those of President Wilson and ' th( battle of the Marne. j |