needed this to convince us that all was well with America.

***

A flask of wine of the year A.D. 17, found in a Roman tomb in Bavaria,
is said to be the oldest extant vintage. It antedates Sir FREDERICK
BANBURY'S brand of Toryism by several years.

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[Illustration: THE FOP.

_Looker-on_. "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE NEXT, CLARENCE,--ELECTRIC
SHAMPOO OR FACE MANICURED?"]

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"Mrs. ----, who has just entered her 192nd year, reads without
glasses, writes to her grandchildren fighting abroad, and knits
articles for King George's Military Hospital."--_Daily Express
(Dublin)_.

Those grandchildren must be getting a little old for active service.

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TINO IN EXILE.

[As indicated on another page, TINO'S actual opinion of his
Imperial brother-in-law is probably not too amiable; but it has