GIFTS FOR LORD BALFOUR
England has been showering honours on its venerable elder statesman, Lord Balfour, during the past few "week's? One of the gifts he re- < ceived was decidedly thoughtful and doubtless was greatly appreciated by him. Lord Balfour is very tall and has a curiously recumbent manner of occupying a chair. He once said that the only armchair he found particularly comfortable was a particular one in a well-known house in London. This chair was noti obtainable, but its owner generously gave permission for an exact copy to be made. It has an immensely long seat and peculiar curves in the back. The covering is a cloth which prevents the occupant from slipping regardless of his position. This duplicate chair was sent to Lord Balfour as a personal gift from three old friends, Sir Israel Gollancz, Sir Lynden Macassey and Dr C. E. Myers. The first is secretary to the British Academy, the second is chairman of the executive committee of the British Institute of Philosophical Studies, and the third is director of tttie National Institute of Industrial Psychology. Lord Balfour is greatly interested in the work of all three. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for children's hacking cough.
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Waipa Post, Volume 37, Issue 2236, 17 November 1928, Page 7
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