"Dear Sir,—Mr. Gould has authorised this committee to hereby and of this date relinquish the title of world's open champion at tennis. He feels it is inexpedient for him to defend his title."—Field.
It is understood that he is afraid that the strain might make him split another infinitive.
"Mr. Siddons Kemble, a young Bensonian actor, who plays the part of 'A Poet' in 'Cyrano,' is the great-great-grandson of the actress Sarah Siddons and her equally famous brothers, John Phillip Kemble, Charles Kemble and Henry Stephen Kemble."—Evening News.
There must have been a remarkable amount of close intermarriage in the KEMBLE family.
ROYAL ACADEMY—FIRST DEPRESSIONS.
