For porridge at breakfast in place
Of the loaf, and for oatcake at tea
A similar gap to efface;
For potatoless dinners--with rice,
For puddings of maize and of figs,
Which are filling, nutritious and nice--
Thus ends the Epistle of SPRIGGS.

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[Illustration: _Short-sighted Lady._ "THAT'S RATHER AN AFFECTIONATE
COUPLE."

_Her Friend._ "THAT'S MY HUSBAND." _Short-sighted Lady._ "OH, I'M SO
SORRY."

_Her Friend._ "AND I'M SORRY, TOO, FOR I SEE HE'S GOT HIS LIGHT OVERCOAT
ON, AND I TOLD HIM NEVER TO WEAR IT WHEN BRINGING HOME THE COALS."]

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"The L.C.C. had decided to grant only £5,300 amongst £21,000 teachers,
which would average a shilling a head per week. (Shame!)"--_Daily
Paper._

We agree. Why any War bonus at all to such bulging plutocrats?

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"As I watched youths obediently obeying the whistle I wondered what