Foreign News: England's Agony

Every so often all who seek to peer into the English heart must scan the famed "Agony Column" (Want Ads) of the London Times. Last week in a single issue, on a single page, occurred the following revealing and significant ads, each smacking inimitably of Old England:

Pure Agony

WILL ANYONE LEND LADY £50 for 12 months, 10 per cent.? — Write Box T.1218, The Times, E.C.4.

GIRL 19, suffering from RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. One hope of cure—warm climate now. Will some good Samaritan offer financial help to make...