NO RE-LIE-ANCE OF THEM!

Mrs. Secretary Welles, more susceptible about press attacks on her

idol--and everybody in Washington officialdom's idol--the President,

called attention to fresh quips and innuendoes.

"Pshaw! let pass; the papers are not always reliable. That is to say,

Mrs. Welles," interposed the object of the missiles, "they lie, and

then they _re-lie_!"

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