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Evening Star, Issue 19020, 15 August 1925, Page 9

! The Bishop of Oxford (Dr Burge), who died last month, added to his many charms that of the accomplished raconteur. On one occasion lie referred in the course of an appeal for funds to the intricacies of finance. A friend of his, said the Bishop, had once tried to explain to a lady the principles of the odds in betting. “If you back a horse 1 at 10 to 1, and you put £1 on, and it wins, you get £10; and if you back ; one at 20 to 1, and put £1 on, you j get £20,” he said. “Yes,” replied the 1 lady, “ I think I understand that. But suppose you backed a horse at a quarter to IF ” I To facilitate the movement of traffic, ' and as a safe measure, the city of ' Washington has raised tire speed limit : for automobiles from eighteen to I twenty-two miles an hour. A house collapsed at Moscow recently. Probably a careless child was playing with daddy’s best bomb. Refreshing and comforting after the long 1 day’s work, wanning and grateful on chilly nights, is “Canip” (Me®.—[AdrtJ