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Figure Skating- Two eleven-year-old British girls, Megan Taylor and Magdalen Colledge, amused the crowd. The U. S. champion, Maribel Vinson, and Belgian Mme Yvonne de Ligne, did well. But the best girl figure skater in the world was still 19-year-old Sonja Henje of Oslo, Norway. Behind her, on the stand, sat her immense, red-faced father, Wilhelm Henje. He said nothing. Mrs. Henje, however, told their daughter what part of the ice to use, instructed her to keep her beady toque straight on her head. Attached to her dress, Sonja Henje had a rabbit...
Lloyd George Safe-Though every other Lloyd George Liberal but one was defeated, Father David, Daughter Megan and Son Major Gwilym Lloyd George won their seats. With his party thus reduced to four M. P.'s, the former Prime Minister looked toward Labor. Friends declared it "inevitable" that he should join the Labor Party's remnant, providing much needed brains. Since Mount Snowdon overlooks his constituency the spunky Welshman cried: "On the heights of Snowdonia the Liberal flag still flies...
...give firm support to the Prime Minister as head of the National Government and for the purpose of fighting in a general election." Major Gwilym Lloyd George, M. P. (loyal son) promptly resigned his minor post in the Government (Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade) in protest. Miss Megan Lloyd George M. P. (loyal daughter) began her campaign for re-election with this shrill cry: "I shall fight on as a Liberal?under the same leader?Lloyd George!" Invalid Lloyd George himself called Labor Leader Henderson to his bedside at Churt. They talked for an hour, presumably about joining...
...some of the world's most talented hecklers, Britain's best. "What I want to know," drawled the first Parliamentary questioner, "is what does this term Mahatma mean? What is a Mahatma?" To catch the little man's low answer everyone strained forward, especially Miss Megan Lloyd George, buxom M. P. "Mahatma, sir," smiled Mr. Gandhi, "means 'an insignificant person.' " Hastily the British chairman interjected, "I am sure we all know that Mahatma is an Indian term meaning 'the embodiment of a great soul.' " "What do you think would happen," came the next...
...speech on extension of the Government's rural housing program before the House of Commons, Megan Lloyd George had occasion to make a fast mental calculation. She announced the result with the qualification: "If my arithmetic is correct?" Her father, famed David Lloyd George, said: "Right." Replied Daughter Megan: "I thank my right honorable friend...