We learn on good authority that an airman recently flew from
Newfoundland to the English coast, but immediately returned as he
considered that the weather was unfavourable for landing. As the whole
affair appears to have been hushed up it is thought that he was of
American nationality.

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"A seasonable dish," says _Household Hints_, "is _crab au gratis_." We
can only say that in our own experience it never seems to be in season
at the smartest restaurants.

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An American Army doctor has discovered that sea-sickness originates
in the ears. This confirms the old theory that persons who sleep with
both ears pressed against the pillow are never sea-sick.

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Presents given prior to engagements, says Judge CLUER, are in the
nature of bait and cannot be recovered. Once the angler is safely
hooked a different situation arises.

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"I am confident," writes "J.E.P." in _The Daily Mail_, "that nineteen
out of twenty men do not know what they should do on being bitten by
a mad dog." The common practice of trying to bite the dog back is
admittedly inadequate.