Every hotel in London taken over by the Government has now been given up. The idea of keeping one as a memento was suggested, but Sir Alfred Mond decided to throw in his hand.
Asked his profession last week a man is reported to have answered, "Daily Mail Reader."
While a fire was being extinguished at Boston, Mass., recently the hose burst into flames. A country where that sort of thing occurs can afford to take Prohibition lying down.
A Constantinople message states that a Turk named Zorn Mehmed is one hundred and forty-six years of age. This is said to be due to the fact that for the last century or so he has kept a pet thyroid which he takes about on a chain.
We have no wish to cast any reflection on the courage of the Prohibitionists, but we can draw our own conclusions from the fact that we haven't noticed them rushing to Ireland.