white-tie

Updated: May 11, 2025

To-morrow morning before it is light, another train-load will arrive, the band will again play the Marseillaise, the American Red Cross workers will again be in attendance, the gentleman in the top-hat and white-tie will again make his fiery oration of welcome, his audience will again pay no attention but will weep softly the tediously heart-rending scene will be rehearsed throughout in every detail by an entirely new batch of actors.

Coningsby Dawson - Out To Win: The Story of America in France