A defendant in a County Court case heard in London last week stated in
his evidence that two of his daughters were working and the other was
a typist at the Peace Conference.

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[Illustration: "HOW PLEASANT IT IS, MY DEAR HORACE, TO PLAY WITH ONE'S
TOYS WITHOUT INCURRING THE RISK OF HAVING ONE'S ENJOYMENT MARRED BY
THE TRAGIC DISCOVERY OF THEIR TEUTONIC ORIGIN!"]

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COMMERCIAL CANDOUR.

From a placard in a shop-window:--

"Do you buy Tea, or do you buy _our_ Tea?"

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"Should a customer cut his hair and shave at the same time,
the price will be one shilling."--_Advt. in "Daily Gleaner"
(Jamaica)_.

Not a bit too much for such ambidexterity.

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THE PRICE OF FREEDOM.