"Respectable, distinguished fossil?"
THINGS ONE WOULD RATHER HAVE EXPRESSED OTHERWISE.
Would-be Considerate Hostess (to Son of the House). "How inattentive you are, John! You really must look after Mr. Brown. He's helping himself to Everything!"
[Discomfiture of Brown, who, if somewhat shy, is conscious of a very healthy appetite.
A LESSON FOR "LABOUR."
["The overwhelming vote of the Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Lancashire miners against accepting any reduction, or even submitting the wages question to arbitration, does not encourage any very sanguine hopes of the Nottingham Conference."—Westminster Gazette.]