last 500,000 bushels of what, Mr. Hoover said."--_New York
Times_.

We trust Mr. HOOVER will hurry up with his peroration.

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"I feel that I might claim almost a special kinship with Baron
Sonnino, because I believe his mother was a Welsh lady."

_"Weekly Dispatch" Report of Premier's Speech._

"Baron Sonnino, by the way, who is of half-Scottish extraction,
speaks English perfectly. How many of the master minds at our
Foreign Office speak Italian perfectly?"

_"Weekly Dispatch" Secret History of the Week._

But in fairness to the "master minds" it should be remembered that few
of them have the advantage of a Scotch father and a Welsh mother.

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[Illustration: _Hospital Wardmaid (who has shown the new matron into her
room)._--"WELL, I MUST SAY I HOPE YOU'VE COME TO STAY. YOU'LL BE THE
SIXTH MATRON I'VE TRAINED."]

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AT THE PLAY.