J. P. Morgan, famed banker: "I sailed for Europe on the Lapland. On reaching Naples I shall go aboard my yacht The Corsair and shall spend several weeks cruising the Mediterranean, going as far east as Egypt."

Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt: "In recognition of the friendly services of my late husband to Japan, I, at Toyko, was entertained at a tea-party in the name of Her Majesty the Empress at the mansion of Prince Higashi Fushimi."

William Allen White, famed editor of the Emporia Gazette: "In a speech before the Writers' Club of Columbia University, I stated that the four greatest writers of fiction in America today are Willa Cather, Edna Ferber [see Page 14], Zona Gale, Dorothy Canfield. I also stated that I am 'trying to write a kindly biography of Woodrow Wilson, whose aims I have always believed in, though I sometimes despised his methods.'"

Marilynn Miller, famed musical comedy player: "When he learned that James M. Barrie had selected me from among ten actresses submitted for the title role of Peter Pan, one Frederick Donaghey, critic of the Chicago Tribune, wrote: 'A guess as to the other nine, in view of Miss Miller's special talents for the part, would list the Misses Sophie Tucker, Marie Dressier, Fannie Brice, Nora Bayes, Gilda Grey, Henrietta Grossman, Nazimova, Mrs. Thomas Whiffen and the two-a-day gymnast called Dainty Marie.' Said Alexander Woollcott, famed critic of The New York Herald: 'Quite the unkindest paragraph of the year is credited to Frederick Donaghey.' "

Sir James M. Barrie: "I visited Wallasley High School for girls, at which my niece is head mistress, and began a public speech by gently chaffing her. I set the girls an examination paper on their blushing headmistress. Said I: 'Is her intimacy with differential calculus quite seemly?'"

Count Ludwig Salm von Hoogstraeten: "I announced that I expect to represent Austria in the lawn tennis competition for the Olympic Games this Summer. I left Paris for the Riviera, having entered the Nice and Cannes tournaments, where: said I would be paired with Vincent Richards in the doubles."

Henry Ford: "In a magazine article on income taxes, I declared that I object to high surtaxes because they hurt business. 'But,' said I, 'from a purely selfish personal standpoint, it does not matter to me whether I am taxed 1% or 99%, for I could live as I live now on 1% of my income.'"

Albert, King of Belgium: "One Harold Kellock, writing in The Freeman, now defunct, described a character appearing in a current Manhattan theatrical production (Beggar on Horseback) as follows: 'He is a Herculean person, like Albert of Belgium, though, of course, he looks more intelligent.'"

Edward William Bok: "It became known that one Samuel S. Fleisher, founder of a free night art school which has celebrated its 25th anniversary, was the winner for 1923 of the Philadelphia award ($10,000) presented annually by me to that person who gives Philadelphia the most distinguished service. Previous winners of my award are Leopold Stokowski, orchestra leader, and Dr. Russell H. Conwell, President of Temple University."