Two of the theatres most suave ornaments recently found themselves out-suaved by Mme. Pierre Mendes-France, wife of the French premier. When she went backstage after seeing Fanny, she met Enzio Pinza, a native of Italy, and Walter Slezak, a native of Vienna. They chatted in French. / “Forgive me,” Pinza said suavely, “my French has some Italian in it.” / “Forgive me,” added the suave Slezak, “mine has some Viennese in it.” / “Forgive me," said Mme. Mendes-France, “mine has a trace of English in it.”

The masculine functions as the negative term in the opposition, i.e. when the gender is not defined, the masculine is used.

In a fireside shout Franklin Roosevelt this week told Business and Labor that they would have to speed up the job of making the U. S. the arsenal of democracy.

My trustees are going to lend Earl Blessington sixty thousand pounds (at six per cent.) on a Dublin mortgage. Only think of my becoming an Irish absentee!