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"SCOUNDREL AND MAN OF LETTERS.
One of the Prizewinners in Our Article Competition."--_Weekly
Paper._
But ought an editor to give away his contributors like this?
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"M. Deves, the leading French amateur [tennis] of the day, who
was beaten in 1914 after 'une tutte a charne,' as the French
say, will be competing."--_Daily Paper._
The French have a lot to learn about their own language.
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"Dr. ---- will extract a tooth free from the person who
will be kind enough to secure him an office in the Central
district."
_North China Daily News._
This is presumably meant as an inducement, but it sounds like a
threat.
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[Illustration: THE GREAT IMPROVISER.]
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