St, James's Palace has also been scraped but not with, the happiest effect, Everyone who knows London {s familiar with the sootiness of its brickwork. Apparently some of the soot had gone too deep to be removed without pulling down the whole palace. So the scraping has only Drought out large pink patches amid the encircling gloom, The palace oaks rather like a mangy dog.
Last, but by no means Toast, it has been decided to wash our national joke, the Albert Memorial, from top to bottom. For those who do. the Washing, however, it will be no Joke. The spire is 180%t. high, there are four large statues representing Chris tian virtues, and four other large statues representing moral excellent cies, and 169 statues of artistic caleb: rities, and several groups. of statues representing Industries, and different paris of the world,
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