A Scots lady having invited a gentleman to dinner on a particular day. he had accepted with reservation, “ If I am spared.” “ Well, well,” replied she, “if ye’re dead I’ll no’ expect ye.” How curious it is that we always consider, solemnity and the absence of all gay surprises and encounter of wits as essential to the idea of the future life of those whom we thus deprive of half their faculties, and then call “ Blessed!”—O. W. Holmes. Evening classes in very many subjects, including arts and crafts, philosophy, and Cavalier and Puritan literature, are run by the London County Council, for women students of whom 96.000 attend night schools in the metropolis.
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Evening Star, Issue 19710, 10 November 1927, Page 6
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113Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 Evening Star, Issue 19710, 10 November 1927, Page 6
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