curé sont deux hommes en un!"

* * * * *

"GERMANY IS STARVING.--THE REAL FACTS."--_Cassell's Magazine of
fiction._

Not exclusively fiction, we trust.

* * * * *

From the Appendix to the Report of the Royal Commission on the Public
Service in India:--

"The two last pensions depended entirely on the approval of Government,
so that a man might retire after 85 years' service on Rs. 5000 pension
only..."

And not before he had deserved it.

* * * * *

"Deptford Borough Council will recommend to the authorities that
considering the brief period of darkness in May, June, July, and August
resulting from the daylight saving scheme, it is desirable to dispense
with street lighting during these months except at dangerous street
crossings."--_Daily Express._

Apparently by a slight amendment of the Summertime Act Great Britain might
be transformed into the land of the Midnight Sun.