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...royalty out hunting," one wag specified, "and he shouldn't be named Leroy. The crowds can't very well shout what sounds like 'Vive le roi!' as he goes by." He should also be gregarious: "We can't have a bear who likes to lock himself up in his toilet alone and smoke his pipe...
...added pretty feminine requests for silks and satins to her husband's treasonable letters to Major John André. That she had known André when the British held her native Philadelphia is certain; that they were old flames is not proved. But Peggy Shippen Arnold kept a lock of André's hair until the day she died...
...instance, the stumps in downtown streets were whitewashed to keep late (and often unsteady) pedestrians from tripping over them. An early Portland matron startled the populace with a carriage robe made of the breast feathers of 144 canvasback ducks. And Portland's pioneer St. Charles Hotel boasted a lock on every door and a hand-knitted wrapper on every chamber...
John X's Treatment. John X was shown to a room very much like one in a small residential hotel. There was no lock on his door, though John X noted with annoyance that the nurse had used a key to open the door from the elevator bank to his landing: he was on one of the hospital's most closely supervised floors. Next, like all new patients at Payne Whitney, John got a thorough physical checkup. Meanwhile, the outline of John's case had been discussed at a staff meeting...
...last month, in desperation, Lord Glenorchy picked the lock on a public lavatory in a Sussex pub and pocketed the contents: 18 pence (21?). But he got caught redhanded. In court last week. Lord Glenorchy was fined ?5 ($14) for his misdeed. Afterwards, reporters found him in his rooms wearing his regimental tie, as he boiled two eggs for tea. "I'm not a playboy," said Lord Glenorchy. "Having a title is not always an asset. Sometimes it is an embarrassment...