"The hereditary privilege of remaining covered in the presence
of the Monarch was granted by Henry VIII. to John Forester of
Watling Street, in 1570."--_Observer_.

We wonder what GOOD QUEEN BESS thought about this posthumous
interference on the part of her papa.

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From Mr. WINSTON CHURCHILL'S latest novel:--

"It was, indeed, something of an achievement to get on terms of
confidence with those alien children ... many of whom had acquired
a precocious suspicion of Greeks bearing gifts. That sense of
_caveat donor_ was perhaps their most pathetic characteristic."

Timeo Danaos et dona accipientes! Which may be roughly rendered: "I
suspect TINO, even when he's in receipt of a subsidy."

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[Illustration: "WELL. IT'S TIME WE WERE OFF. BUT--PARDON ME, MRS.
GOLDBERG--DO YOU THINK YOU OUGHT TO WEAR SO MANY PEARLS AT AN ECONOMY
MEETING?"

"ALL RIGHT. I WON'T IF YOU THINK NOT. BUT AS A MATTER OF FACT THEY
_ARE_ AN ECONOMY. YOU SEE, MY HUSBAND IS PUTTIN' HIS MONEY IN PEARLS
TO SAVE INCOME-TAX."]