"And when Jephthah saw his daughter coming to meet him he was
very much upset. But he had to keep to his vow, so he gave her
two months' leave and then he killed her."
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Quoting a European statesman, saying the war would be won by the
last 500,000 bushels of what, Mr. Hoover said."--_New York
Times_.
We trust Mr. HOOVER will hurry up with his peroration.
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"I feel that I might claim almost a special kinship with Baron
Sonnino, because I believe his mother was a Welsh lady."
_"Weekly Dispatch" Report of Premier's Speech._
"Baron Sonnino, by the way, who is of half-Scottish extraction,
speaks English perfectly. How many of the master minds at our
Foreign Office speak Italian perfectly?"
_"Weekly Dispatch" Secret History of the Week._
But in fairness to the "master minds" it should be remembered that few
of them have the advantage of a Scotch father and a Welsh mother.
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[Illustration: _Hospital Wardmaid (who has shown the new matron into her
room)._--"WELL, I MUST SAY I HOPE YOU'VE COME TO STAY. YOU'LL BE THE
SIXTH MATRON I'VE TRAINED."]
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