"Mais oui," she exclaimed, "c'est cela!... Écoute, Maman! Envoyons l'auto-cuiseur aux deux... Ne vois-tu pas que mon soldat pourra alors manger tous les jours un bon repas bien chaud, et que mon curé pourra en donner aux autres affamés? C'est là tout juste l'affaire d'un curé. L'auto-cuiseur est comme ça deux cadeaux en un, comme mon soldat et mon curé sont deux hommes en un!"
"GERMANY IS STARVING.—THE REAL FACTS."—Cassell's Magazine of fiction.
Not exclusively fiction, we trust.
From the Appendix to the Report of the Royal Commission on the Public Service in India:—
"The two last pensions depended entirely on the approval of Government, so that a man might retire after 85 years' service on Rs. 5000 pension only..."
And not before he had deserved it.
"Deptford Borough Council will recommend to the authorities that considering the brief period of darkness in May, June, July, and August resulting from the daylight saving scheme, it is desirable to dispense with street lighting during these months except at dangerous street crossings."—Daily Express.