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THE CRIME'S OWN AMERICANA

"His color is good and his lips are a healthy red" Senator Royal S. Copeland, of President Coolidge.

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"I wake up in the middle of the night, fearful lest something terrible may be happening at our army posts"--Secretary of War Davis.

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"Your order of so called suspension has reached me and amused me very much"--Warden Tynan to Governor C. T. Morley of Colorado.

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"What do you Americans mean by 'petting' or 'pecking'? The things which I imagine are referred to don't happen over there. I'm sure they don't" Canon Elliott of Leeds, England.

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"Michelangelo was strong, like me." Max Kalish.

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"To combat atheism and its accursed ally, evolution."--Purpose of Dr. Straton's "Supreme Kingdom".

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"At any rate, we never each call other blue-jackets'"--Leo Richman, U. S. S. West Virginia.

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"You ought to be thankful for all your blessings."--President Coolidge to Benjamin W. Morris III, designer of the New York Cunard Building, and father of 34 children.

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