wedding without the etceteras of bouquet or prayerbook,
bridesmaids, pages, or wedding-cake."--_News of the World_.

Far too big a handful.

* * * * *

"150 YEARS AGO--JULY 20, 1767.

Reports of the borough treasurer of West Ham show a loss of
£41,000 on the municipal tramways and a loss of £35,000 on
the electricity undertaking."--_Northampton Daily Echo_.

So the eighteenth century was not so much behind the present time as
we had been led to believe.

* * * * *

"Piano wanted by a lady to teach little girl to
learn."--_Provincial Paper_.

One of those player-pianos with the new knuckle-rapping attachment,
we suppose.

* * * * *

[Illustration: _Tommy_ (_"mopping up" captured trench_). "IS THERE
ANYONE DOWN THERE?"

_Voice from dug out_. "JA! JA! KAMERAD!"