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"RANTZAU'S INSOLENT ACT."
Under this heading _The Daily Mail_ states that before entering the
Trianon Palace Hotel to meet the Allies, Count BROCKDORFF-RANTZAU
took "a last deliberate puff at his cigarette," and "dropped it on the
steps, in the middle of a group of Allied officials." We understand
that our contemporary feels that it would have been more in keeping
with Germany's political and economic position had the Count humbly
extinguished the cigarette and placed it in his waistcoat-pocket for
future use.
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"Spitable offices will be placed at the disposal of the German
Peace delegates."--_Evening Paper_.
It is the truest hospitality to make provision for your guests'
peculiarities.
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[Illustration: _First Reveller_. "I SAY, WHAT STUNT IS THIS? A
BIRTHDAY OR SOMETHING?"
_Second ditto_. "DUNNO; FANCY IT'S SOMEBODY'S RAG."
_First ditto_. "SHOULDN'T ONE SAY 'CHEERIO' TO THE BLIGHTER?"]
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