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Show Social Calls. "Thomas Hardy," said an English lecturer, "Is a serious enough individual individ-ual today, but there was a time In London when he was the gayest of the day." j "At a Bohemian club one evening! Hardy rang up one after another thirty thir-ty or forty of the most distinguished people in town dukes,'blshops, actor-managers, actor-managers, society queens, stage beauties, beau-ties, and so on. He told all these people peo-ple to call up '625 Chlswlck' at once. "'You're wanted there badly," he explained to them, and the celebrities all thanked him hurriedily and rang off. "Well, when Hardy got through his telephoning we looked up '625 Chlswlck' Chls-wlck' In the telephone directory. It was Wormwood Scrubs prison I" |