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Julian C. Levi also hung up a pair of foils, a mask, and a brass French fireman's helmet, trophy of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, whose disdain for the pompiers of the city is expressed in their marching song:
On dit quelquefois an village Qu'un casque qa, sert a rien du tout,—. . . Ca sert a donner du courage A cenx qui n'en ont pas du tout—pas du tout*
* They sometimes say in our village That a helmet has no use at all ... It serves to give courage To those who have none.