Florenz Ziegfeld: "From Palm Beach went forth a report that I am planning to write the story of my life from my days as manager of Sandow the strong man, down to the present. A headline in the Daily News (Manhattan) : 'Ziegfeld will tell all.'"

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian-Non-Co-operatist: "One Bishop Charles H. Brent, chancellor of Hobart College, N. Y., selected for his students the 'four greatest men of the 20th Cen-tury.' He named: Woodrow Wilson, Cardinal Mercier, Nikolai Lenin and myself."

Marion L. Burton, President of the University of Michigan: "Dissatisfied with the selections of Bishop Brent, I named four Americans as the greatest 20th centurians: Roosevelt, Ford, Edison, Orville Wright. I gave honorable mention to Woodrow Wilson, Lloyd George."

John F. Hylan, Mayor of New York: "At Palm Beach, my wife and I gave a dinner in honor of William Randolph Hearst. I made a short speech. Said I: 'I consider William Randolph Hearst the greatest living American.'"

David R. Francis, onetime U. S. Ambassador to Russia: "In its issue of Feb. 11, TIME, the weekly magazine, ignorantly inferred that Hoke Smith of Georgia is the only living member of President Cleveland's Cabinet. I succeeded Mr. Smith as Secretary of the Interior in 18%."

Thomas A. Edison: "At a luncheon given by the cinema industry in my honor, I danced a jig, jokingly accounted for my capers by saying I had monkey glands. Besieged by literal-minded reporters, I explained that there was no literal truth in my remark."

Albert B. Fall: "Arrived at El Paso, Texas, I went to the home of my son-in-law, a collector of customs, where Mrs. Fall was lying ill. Reporters remarked that I 'walked with a firm step.'"

Calvin Coolidge: "Ariel H. Thot-mas, astrologer, sent a prognosis of my future to some of my followers: 'Several American astrologers have predicted Mr. McAdoo to become President of the United States. I have just calculated the constellation of Mr. Calvin Coolidge. . . . Heard also the G. O. P. should do the important work until July 4, 1925, on days when the moon has passed the thirteenth degree of Cancer until the end of Sagittarius, and a landslide in votes will be for Coolidge.'"