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Lord Hugh Cecil, M.P., was addressing a meeting which was not wholly sympathetic with him. “Go it, telescope!” rudely exclaimed a , m , audience—a hit at Lord Hugh s tallness and slimness. “My friend is mistaken in applying the term to me.” quickly retorted Lord Hugh. “He ought to claim it for him- 1 self, for, though he cannot draw me out. I can both see through him and shut , lum up. Nettled by one of Mr Bernard Shaw’s i acid criticisms of the female sex. Mrs f Patrick Campbell, the distinguished actress, said to him: “You are a strict vegetarian, Mr Shaw, I believe?” “I am,” snapped Shaw. “Fancy!” exclaimed Mrs Campbell. “Then all I can say is, heaven help us poor women if you ever start eating rumpsteaks.” When he was Bishop of Stepney, Dr. Paget (afterwards Bishop of Chester), addressed a meeting of East End lads.; urged them to gel rid of useless things j in their life and begin again. Mused j i the Bishop: “Sorting out my books re- i j cently, I hunted out a bundle of worth- i j less volumes, took them to a bookseller, I sold them for 30s, bought new books, and made a fresh start.” Questions being invited, one lad said: i “1 want to ask why Dr. Paget accepted i i 30s for books he knew were worth- j 1 less?” 1
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 2 December 1940, Page 2
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