We desire to express our deep indebtedness to Major John
Astor, the chief proprietor of the Times, for his kindness in giving the dinner on Tuesday evening at Claridge's -Hotel -to celebrate the–centenary of the Spectator. However ':nutch we =might say in gratitude would exRress_ Jess than we feel about Major Astor's kindly thought and the' manner in which he gaVe it effect. We can only hope that the Spectator will always be Worthy' of the good Will which lie and Others have shown to it. We sincerely thank our colleagues in the Press for the generous terms in which they haVe referred to the Spectator's centenary. The presence at the dinner of the Prime Minister, the Lord Chancellor, the LOrd Chief Justice, and distinguished representatives of the Dominions, of literature, science, art, medicine, the law, and journalism, was a compliment we shall not forget. It was a token of approval, but it was also a call to unceasing effort to make the Spectator in the future what our friends arc indulgent enough to say it has been in the past.
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