• "I have realized that I cannot carry the burden of kingship and its responsibility as I ought, without the help and support of the woman I love." (Spoken by King Edward VIII in his radio broadcast, when he announced his abdication of the throne of Britain)

• "Even if she put on the costliest royal finery and the most precious jewels in the world, she would still suggest to whoever looked at her that it would have been better for her to sit on a mountaintop, holding a rifle in her hand and wearing her national dress." (Said by Queen Marie, former Queen of Romania, of Queen Helena, Queen of Italy and daughter of the King of Montenegro)

• "I cannot deprive myself of the right to address the people of Sweden in complete freedom." (Said by King Gustaf, King of Sweden, when his ministers reproached him for having addressed the demonstrators before the royal palace)

• "The president of your republic is a king for four years, whereas I am a president of a republic for life." (Said by King Haakon VII, King of Norway, to a senior American diplomat)

• "Let us draw the train of oblivion over the past; now we must achieve absolute equality and justice for all." (Said by George II, King of Greece, when he returned to his country from his exile in November 1935)

• "I am like a permanent undersecretary of state, ready to support whatever prime minister takes office." (Said by Boris III, King of Bulgaria)

• "When I think of the difficulties that face me as a constitutional king, I thank God that He did not make me an absolute monarch." (Said by George V, the late King of England, to Walter Page, the American ambassador, during the First Great War)

• "For all that I did for the kingdom, I succeeded only in winning the people's fear of me, never their love. And I always felt that I was a passer-by..." (Said by King Ferdinand, King of Bulgaria, on abdicating the throne to his son Boris II)

• "We are really not a family but a commercial firm." (Said by King George VI in the course of a family discussion)

• How to make a filter Take a cylindrical vessel with a tap at its base. Put into it a layer of crushed flint 15 centimeters deep, with the large pieces at the bottom of the vessel, then the smaller ones above them, and so on... Then above this layer put a layer of sand 8 centimeters deep, after having washed it well with boiled water. Above the sand put a layer of wood charcoal, then put another layer of flint, beginning this time with the small pieces, then the larger, and so on... and finally put a layer of sand.

• How to polish your furniture Make a solution of 100 grams of linseed oil, and 50 grams of 90-percent alcohol, and 5 grams of shellac, after it has been dissolved in the alcohol. Dip a rag of napped cloth in this solution and wipe the wood you wish to polish, without rubbing it. And after it has dried, take a piece of wool and rub the wood well with it.

• How to restore their elasticity to rubber articles Put them in a solution composed of 100 parts of pure water and three parts of ammonia.

• How to treat your sensitive feet Grease your feet with fat, then bind

them — without pulling tight — with a linen bandage 7 centimeters wide and four and a half meters long.

• How to get rid of dampness in a wall Dissolve 20 grams of paraffin oil in 200 cubic centimeters of ordinary carbon tetrachloride. First wipe the dampness off the wall, then coat it with the solution by means of a brush. After a while the carbon tetrachloride evaporates, and there remains on the wall a thin layer of paraffin that keeps the damp from seeping through.

• How to prepare your birds for cooking If you want the flesh of chickens or turkeys or the like to be tender and delicious, and you have no "Frigidaire" at home, slaughter your birds at night, then pluck their feathers at once and leave them in an airy place all night; in the morning begin to cook them. And if you are surprised by guests in the morning and slaughter chickens for them at the moment of their arrival at your house, leave the slaughtered chicken in its feathers for half an hour at least, or an hour at most, then pluck its feathers; you will find its flesh, when tasted, tender and delicious.