WHAT THEY STOOD FOR.
A manufacturer in Scotland was entertaining a number of scientists upon the occasion of the visit of the British Association. He noticed that to the names of all his guests a long string of initials, indicative of degrees, was attached ; so had printed on his visiting cards his own name and the letters "L.F.P." "What on earth does that mean?" they asked him. "Weel, I saw it was a richt thing to hae the letters," he said, "and as I didna understand wha all the others meant, I jist put L.F.P., or Lately Frae Paisley,"
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New Zealand Tablet, 17 April 1919, Page 46
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99WHAT THEY STOOD FOR. New Zealand Tablet, 17 April 1919, Page 46
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