One of our Optimists.
"WANTED, few cwt. White Sugar, cart self; pay cash; state price."—Manchester Guardian.
"M. Trepoff accepted the leadership of the Right in the Council of Empire after the party had pledged itself to eschew a retrograd course."—Manchester Evening Chronicle.
Preferring a Petrograd one, of course.
"His Majesty's Government has declared that it is ready to grant sage-conducts to Count Bernstorff and the Embassy and Consular personnel."—Daily Mail.
Hitherto his Excellency has been sadly lacking in this hyphenated article.