Will FRANCIS-JOSEPH see his way
To--help _Coriolanus_ back?
I can't believe I've had my day;
It makes ambition's heart-strings crack.
But that imperious youngster shuts
The door of hope howe'er I try.
Are we for ever to be "cuts,"
And _never_ speak as we pass by?

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[Illustration: ADVANTAGES OF MARSUPIALISM.

"I'M SO TIRED, MUMMY. I WISH YOU WERE A KANGAROO!"

"WHY, DARLING?"

"TO CARRY ME HOME IN YOUR POCKET!"]

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AN EARL'S COURT IDYL.

SCENE--_A knick-knack stall outside the Wild West Arena.
Behind the counter is a pretty and pert maiden of seventeen
or so. A tall and stately Indian Warrior, wrapped in a blue
blanket, lounges up, and leans against the corner, silent and
inscrutable._

_The Maiden_ (_with easy familiarity_). 'Ullo, CHOC'LIT, what do