Foreign News: Gaspers for One

His Majesty's venerable aunt H.R.H. Princess Louise, dowager Duchess of Argyle, dowager Baroness of Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, Tiry et al., daughter of the late, great Queen Victoria, attended recently a concert staged by her own Kensington Regiment, found fault.

"Why aren't the men smoking?" she questioned crisply. "Let them all smoke! In fact, I want a cigaret myself."

Shamefacedly the regimental commander pulled from his pocket a slightly crumpled pasteboard container. "I am sorry, Your Royal Highness," he apologized, "these are not one of the best brands."...

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