Dad (who has brought his son to the links for the first time).
"Is it a good lie, Harold?"
Harold (unconsciously ranking himself with the Great). "Father, I cannot tell a good lie."
It seems a pity that so little is done to encourage the growing love of art among the criminal classes. The Italian gentleman who guarded "La Gioconda" so carefully has not been so much as thanked for his pains, and now it is stated that six persons have been arrested in Paris and Brussels for removing art objects from the admittedly unsafe custody of museums.
Stout residents of Cornforth, Durham, having protested against the narrowness of some of the gateways on the local paths, the parish council has decided to widen them. It was found that this would be more economical than to send these citizens to Marienbad to have their bulk reduced.
Publishers are continually making finds, and Messrs. Duckworth and Co. have been peculiarly fortunate. In their current list they announce the publication of "Lost Diaries" and "The Lost Road."