From the day
Perspective: The Anxious Local · Sight
The kerosene lamps flicker against the morning mist, illuminating the frantic broadsheets shouting about the GREAT OUTCRY AGAINST THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.; All Opposition Papers Denounce the Removal of the Legion of Honor Grand Chancellor. I grip my nickel for a loaf of bread, watching the silhouettes of men in stiff high collars hurry past, their shadows long and jagged against the cobblestones. Some blockhead nearly knocks me over while humming that new "Blaze Away" march, his mind clearly on those expensive Lionel trains instead of the rising costs. I can't help but stare at the headline’s ink-stained typeface, wondering if this European turmoil means our thin pockets will get even lighter by winter.