A MOTHER’S CORNELIANS.
QUEEN VICTORIA'S ready wit
Itoyalty enn make puns as well as other beings, ■ OUr own Royal Family being no exception. The late Queen r J V/ K ' e ‘ SS Vietoria > was one day reading Roman history to- her noble preSil ie ' SS Ti- Duchess ot ‘ Nort'humberIXL 1 i> appene f , t 0 the passage m here a Roman lady, having visited " th t mother °f the Graachi,” after the custom of her time displayed nei casket of precious stones, and called upon the Roman matron to produce hei jewels in returii, when Cornelia brought forth her children, exclaiming, «ith maternal pride: “These are inv dm’n S i’l r, i lie i little , J>, ' ince ' ss here laid doMii the hook, and looking up into Hie lace of the Duchess, said: ‘l/ewels! nelian T sS" lk th ° y mnst hilve beeil Cor-
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 13 September 1924, Page 15
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144A MOTHER’S CORNELIANS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 13 September 1924, Page 15
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