We enjoy as full a freedom from the pressure of Imperial rule as if we were a neutral Republic after the fashion of Switzerland. Our military burdens are not as heavy, indeed, as thoso of Switzerland; and still our military security is as great as that of tho British Isles.—"Daily Star," Montreal.
Now and then one meets a person who worships mouoy, and one calls him a miser. What adequato title should be coined for the indifferent person who puts money in the bank and forgets it is there?—"Globo," Boston.'
It is a remarkable thing how few operaglasses are nowadays ugl-cI in tho ■ stalls of a theatre on a lirst night. A fow years ago everybody went to tho theatre with his opera-glasses slung over his shouldor, now that custom' only lingers among the visitors to London—"Weekly Dispatch."
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 151, 20 March 1908, Page 5
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