CHAMBERLAIN the House unanimously agreed to its reinstatement. It also
changed the name of the Woodstock division to the Banbury division;
but the idea that this was done as a compliment to the junior Member
for the City of London is, I am told, erroneous.

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"IN SUCH A QUESTIONABLE SHAPE."

"This, of course, brings up the almighty question--Who wrote
Shapespeare?"--_Mr. George Moore in "The Observer_."

A short answer to this almighty question is--Either Mr. GEORGE MOORE
or the writer who determined "to call a spade a spape."

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"Cook-General, good (26), Wanted immediately, or by December 6th,
for three months, in Exeter. Wages 50s. per mouth."--_Express
and Echo (Exeter)_.

We confidently hope that she has only one.

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[Illustration: _Mother_. "GOOD GRACIOUS! THAT'S NOT YOUR NEW BEST HAT?"

_Child_. "WELL, MOTHER, YOU KNOW I TOLD YOU WHEN WE GOT IT THAT IT
WOULDN'T WEAR WELL."