"I think it's such a beautiful flag.

In the breeze, it seems to me the most beautiful of all the flags.

The stripes seem to flow out from the stars.

Of course," she added hurriedly, "the Union Jack with all its historic meaning and its mingled crosses, is splendidly glorious and is more decorative, but I always think, when I see those floating stripes, that the Americans have the most beautiful flag." "I admit," said Barry, "it's a beautiful flag, but--well, I'm a Britisher, I suppose, and see it with British eyes.

But why is that flag flying here in France?
How do the authorities allow that?
It's a neutral flag--awfully neutral, too." "I understand they have permission from the French authorities to fly that flag over every American institution in France.