* * * * *

"Mrs. ---- wishes to recommend a boy (15) who has done well
in the pantry."--_Eastern Daily Press_.

But would Sir ARTHUR YAPP approve?

* * * * *

"Will any generous soul save and buy up a young scholar,
foreign (British) aristocracy, by helping him in his first
struggle (legal profession)? acceptable only on returnable
condition."--_Manchester Guardian_.

Before starting to save for the above purpose, we should like to know
more about this scion of the "foreign (British) aristocracy." We don't
want to find ourselves trading with the enemy.

* * * * *

"Canon ---- made a strong comment on the Proposal to use the
Ulley water for public consumption during his sermon on Sunday
morning."--_Provincial Paper_.

The rev. gentleman cannot believe that his sermons are so dry as all
that.

* * * * *