8,000 tons, and all the ships already laid down are of identical
pattern.

Eight thousand tons seems to have been hit upon as a middle size
between 6,000 and 10,000 tons."--_Pearson's Weekly_.

A very good hit too.

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From an Indian cinema advertisement:--

"'The Marble Heart' from 'King Baggot': A splendid drama dealing
with the loves of a young sculptor whose daydreams partake of an
astral separation from his own self, and carry him to the scenes of
the times in which his 3 statues were living persons. We are
introduced to old Greece, and meet Diagones; Georges; Philideas and
live over again the old times."--_Civil and Military Gazette_
(_Lahore_).

But with a lot of nice new friends.

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[Illustration: AGAINST TYRANNY.

RUSSIA (_drawing her sword again in the common cause_). "IF I CAN'T KEEP
FAITH WITH THE FRIENDS OF FREEDOM, HOW AM I FIT TO BE FREE?"]

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