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Page 1 of 11909 · PDF PAGE 10
… at Hurlingham, in which the Prince of Wales was to take part, Queen Alexandra in full regalia rushed between No. 3 trap and the 24-yard mark, and, in noble imitation of the Empress Agrippina, smote herself in the region of the uterus and cried Strike here ! From that moment the doom of pigeon-shooting (save the mark !) at least in England, ever leader of humanitarian exacerba- tion, was sealed. 13. v. I. . . . our statisticians own . . . our J. Holt Schoolings. 14. v. I. Maids, matross, mots . . . 15. v. I. Oxford. 16. i.e. we occupy vario…
1909 · PDF PAGE 4
…am In cubili si te futuam. Non ero mala Cassandra, Alexandra ! Alexandra !1 Mrs Coxs Latinity is sometimes not quite up to Fleet Street mark : and these lines are decidedly not regular hexameters : Professor Jibb, to whom I submitted the point, was quite at one with me upon it, after a days consideration. But the acros- tic is beautifully carried out : and the sentiment is throughout loyal, enthusiastic, generous, delicate, forceful, noble, svelte, admirable, delicate, rever- ently amorous, respectfully familiar (Mrs Cox is in the very best s…