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"I feel that I might claim almost a special kinship with Baron
Sonnino, because I believe his mother was a Welsh lady."
_"Weekly Dispatch" Report of Premier's Speech._
"Baron Sonnino, by the way, who is of half-Scottish extraction,
speaks English perfectly. How many of the master minds at our
Foreign Office speak Italian perfectly?"
_"Weekly Dispatch" Secret History of the Week._
But in fairness to the "master minds" it should be remembered that few
of them have the advantage of a Scotch father and a Welsh mother.
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[Illustration: _Hospital Wardmaid (who has shown the new matron into her
room)._--"WELL, I MUST SAY I HOPE YOU'VE COME TO STAY. YOU'LL BE THE
SIXTH MATRON I'VE TRAINED."]
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AT THE PLAY.
"THE BETTER 'OLE."
I must congratulate Mr. CHARLES COCHRAN on his courage in transforming
the Oxford Music-hall into a home of "the legitimate," and still more on
his good fortune in securing for the initiation of his new venture the
play which Captain BRUCE BAIRNSFATHER and Captain ARTHUR ELIOT have
written round the adventures of "Old Bill." In form it resembles a
_revue_, but I prefer to call it a play, because it possesses a plot,
distinct if slight--an encumbrance banned by most _revue_ producers; and
because it contains an abundance of honest spontaneous fun.
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