Subsequently Cooper became press agent for the Tammen-Bonfils circus and acquired the sawdust lore which he utilized effectively in a lean, hard-hitting, entirely unpurple style for many of his popular magazine stories.

Poor, humble, unaspiring Mr. Dobbs was “Milorded,” to his great annoyance, by everybody, at the Parisian hotel; and monsieur the landlord thought it but right that the rich English “Milord” should pay for the superior accommodation himself and family received at “Le Grand Hôtel.”

Another argument for closing Woodhead was simply one of route duplication, and this was the main reason put forward by BR at the time.

There's an awfulness about the voice of a blood-maddened club-swingin' mob; it lifts your scalp like a fright wig, particularly if you are the clubee.