"SMOKING ROOM.--The decorations are well worth a special note,
and are quite unique of their kind, being without a match
anywhere."
Surely not "unique." We know a lot of smoking-rooms equally matchless.
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[Illustration: THE FIRST GERMAN VICTORY.
[The German Elections have resulted in a signal defeat for the
Extremists.]]
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[Illustration: _Hostess_ (_to small guest, who is casting lingering
glances at the cakes_). "I DON'T THINK YOU CAN EAT ANY MORE OF THOSE
CAKES, CAN YOU, JOHN?"
_John_. "NO, I DON'T THINK I CAN. BUT MAY I STROKE THEM?"]
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