There is said to be a craze among girls for entering Government offices. The mania, an overworked official informs us, comes on at 10.15 A.M. and lasts about four hours.
Father. "YES, TOMMY, WHATEVER YOU ATTEMPT THERE IS ONE WAY TO LEARN, AND THAT IS BY BEGINNING AT THE VERY BOTTOM."
Tommy. "WHAT ABOUT SWIMMING?"
"Many of the suburbs and outlying districts of London are experiencing something like a plague of tiny stinging flies similar to, but even more veracious than, the familiar 'midge.' The plague is not confined to low-lying districts."—Daily Paper.
The very last place in which we should expect to find anything "veracious."