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jealous of his prerogative in the matter, thinking that he had better
deal with her. To his inquiry as to why she wanted to see the vault
she said with much dignity, "I desires ro view the remains," a re¬
mark which made .Mr. A. teeter on his toes even more nervously
than usual as he asked excitedly what remains she expected to find
in the university library, and she said, "The remains of the great
General Grant. I was told that they would be under the dome."
She, when properly instrucred, went calmly on her way to find
the right dome, but an expressman who later tried to deliver to me
a package addressed to a strange name was much ruffled by my
refusal to accept it. "Sure, lady," he said, "It must be for you.
I was told to give it straight to the lady who runs the reading room
under the big dome and here's the dome." A little checking up of
names prox'ed that he should ha\e delivered the package to the
library building at New York University, and he departed in much
disgust, expressing his opinion of the bad management that put
two domed libraries in the same city and saying that the other lady
would certainly have to wait until the next day since I would not
take in her package!

The Sultan's Skull

When the first text of the A'ersailles Treaty was cabled to this
country in 1919, there appeared a clause [article 246 | requiring
that the German Government return to the British Government
the skull of the Sultan Qwawa." Such an unusual term in a peace
treaty drove the reporters crazy for a few days and they bom¬
barded the National Geographic Society, the Library of Congress,
and the large libraries of Ne\\' York Cit\', as well as certain special¬
ists who might be supposed to know about the Sultan and his skull.
One of the specialists consulted «'as Doctor Richard Gotthcil,
then professor of Oriental History and Literature at Columbia.
Professor Gotthcil brought the question to the Reference Depart-

- The name was variously spelled "Qwa^a," "Okwa\^a," and ".Mkwawa"
(the one that finally became the accepted version).