Foreign News: Montagues & Capulets

Like dogs and cats fought medieval Italy's famed Montagues and Capulets. Today the Chambruns and the Dampierres of France regard each other with proud, polite disfavor—much as a prize Angora stares at a haughty Pekingese. Last week the French government sent to the U. S. on the maiden voyage of the French line's sumptuous new cabin class liner Lafayette an "official mission," consisting of the Marquis Jacques de Dampierre, the marquise, their son Count Henri de Dampierre and his countess. These personages the government officially...

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