"Sir John Thornycroft kicked off in a football charity match
at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, in which the combined ages of the
players was 440 years."--_Hull Daily Mail_.

Why not?

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"M. Timiriazeff, president of the Anglo-British Chamber of
Commerce, followed with a speech."--_Daily Telegraph_.

We like his Anglo-British name.

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WINTER SPORTS.

[_Some additional aspects of the fashionable topic that
seem to have escaped the writers of similar articles in our
contemporaries_.]

(I.)--BUYING THE HOTEL.

For this game several players are required, who form themselves into
one or more parties according to numbers. A player, preferably a
woman, is selected as leader, and should possess nerve, coolness, and
an authoritative voice. The object of the game is to secure (1) The
best rooms; (2) Tables with a view; (3) The controlling interest in
all projects of entertainment. It is an important advantage for the
leader to have stayed in the hotel at least once previously. If she