Chief Master of Ceremonies. One of his first duties, in which he will
have the advice of prominent musicians, will be to fix an authorised
style of eating _Sauerkraut_ which shall be impressive yet devoid of
ostentation.

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[Illustration: [Taxi-drivers who consent to pick up fares at a
certain London restaurant at night have supper given to them by the
management.]

_First Taxi_. "WHATEVER 'AVE YER GOT THEM TOGS ON FOR, ALBERT?"

_Second ditto_. "ALWAYS DRESS FOR SUPPER DOWN TOWN NOWADAYS, OLD
BEAN."]

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"A woman's sphere was her own home, that she should earn her own
living was inimical to domestic happiness; it was almost contra
bonus morus, which is a very serious thing indeed."--_Scots
Paper_.

It certainly would be for Smith mi. if he said it in class.

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"The speaker of the evening was Dr. Charles ----, a full-blooded
Sioux Indian, and the only full-blooded literary man among the
North American Indians."--_American Paper_.