Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1913-04-11 | Page 7 | Sinecure Had Lasted Long

Sinecure Had Lasted Long. y .. . , Pensions are not the only' things commanded and forgotten. An in-quisitive in-quisitive member of the British house of commons was struck one day by the presence of a policeman in one of the lobbies. He Vondered why this particular lobby' should always have a guardian vrolling up and down and made inciiries. The records rec-ords of the house vfere searched and It was found that fifty years previously, previous-ly, when the lobby was being decorated, decorat-ed, a policeman had been stationed there v keep members from soiling their c-othes. The order never having ! been countermanded, the cdnstable '. had kept his beat fo half a century.