W. S. writes, after a long session with his boss, that the recent
announcement he was disturbed at 8 o'clock by the rattling of his hotel
door was a typographical error committed in this office (sic), the hour
as stated by him really having been 6.30 a.m.
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The manager of the Hotel Pomeroy, Barbados, W. I., warns: "No cigarettes
or cocktails served to married ladies without husband's consent."
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It is years since we read "John Halifax, Gentleman," but we must dust
off the volume. The Japanese translation has a row of asterisks and the
editor's explanation: "At this point he asked her to marry him."
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Gadders have many grievances, and one of them is the small-town
grapefruit. One traveler offers the stopper of a silver flask for an
authentic instance of a grapefruit served without half of the tough
interior thrown in for good measure.
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If Jedge Landis has time to attend to another job, a great many people
would like to see him take hold of the Senate and establish in it the
confidence of the public. It would be a tougher job than baseball
reorganization, but it is thought he could swing it.
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