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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 155, 29 December 1925, Page 9

The demand of the Long Fellows Club of Oregon (U.S.A.) for the provision, among other accommodation, for tall per sons, of longer beds, recalls a st'fy of King Edward's good-natured thoughtful* ness for the comfort of his friends. When Leopold of Belgium paid a visit to Marlborough House years ago he complained of the difficulty he always experienced when from home in comfortably bestowing his 6ft 4in in an ordinary bed. Next time he came over he found ready fo» him a huge brass bedstead, still to be seen at Marlborough House, in which oviMi his long limbs could stretch to their full extent. Latin-America has its own special drink. This is mate, prepared from the leaves of Ilex Paraguayensis, a species of holly, for which nlmost magical qualities are claimed in the way of refreshment, nerve-soothing, and coolness, without any deleterious reactions. The preparation of mate is rather elaborate. Some sugar and a little hot water are placed in a small calabash, (lie mate is added, then the vessel is filled with boiling water, plus hot milk or lemon juice, according to taste. The somewhat bitter'flavoured liquor that results is sucked through a iuW . l