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Typewriter

While inspecting an office full of administrative volunteers one day during World War I, Queen Alexandra paused before a typewriter. "Ah," she declared, turning to the typist, "a sewing machine, I see. How useful."

["Yes, ma'am," the girl tactfully replied.]


Alexandra, Queen (?-    ) British monarch

[Sources: Dame Katherine Furse, Hearts and Pomegranates]


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