Music in Mesopotamia.

Among the songs which have recently exhausted their popularity in the
music-halls of Baghdad is:--

"Come into the Garden of Eden, MAUDE."

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"The White Star Company, the Dominion Shipping Company, and other
Atlantic lines are now arranging to employ a certain number of Sea
Scouts on their boats. The shipping companies will certainly be
ducky."--_Manchester Guardian._

Or perhaps they may even happen upon a DRAKE.