training for farm work)_. "AND ARE YOU FOND OF ANIMALS--HORSES
AND COWS?"

_Candidate_. "WELL, NO--NOT VERY."

_Member of Committee_. "BUT I'M AFRAID THAT'S RATHER NECESSARY."

_Candidate (brightly resolute)_. "OH, BUT I SHOULD TRY NOT TO THINK
ABOUT THEM."]

* * * * *

AN IDEAL MEDICAL BOARD.

(_A DREAM OF THE FUTURE_.)

I was due to go in front of the local Medical Board next morning,
and I was seeking distraction in the evening paper. Suddenly my eye
was caught by the headlines announcing the transfer of recruiting
arrangements from the Military to the Civil authorities. This promised
to be interesting.

All at once the room grew misty, and when the atmosphere cleared again
I found myself in the open street. Before me was a palatial building
with the words "_Medical Board_" carved on a marble slab over the main
entrance.

I entered, and was immediately confronted by a liveried janitor who
bowed obsequiously.