At Havre last week arrived the junketing Mayors and representatives of 24 U. S. cities with their wives and children, all guests of France for the International Colonial & Overseas Exposition (TIME, May 25). Their behavior on foreign soil immediately began to make front-page news in their respective homes. Havre's Mayor Leon Meyer greeted them with a long flowery speech. Baltimore's Ex-Mayor Broening* proposed a mock marriage to symbolize the union of "Uncle Sam and Miss France." The groom was beetle-browed George L. Baker of Portland, Ore. The bride was Mrs. Claire Skeel...
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