And the clang of the bluebells is death to my liver,
And the roar of the dandelion gives me a shiver,
And a glacier, in movement, is much too exciting,
And I'm nervous, when standing on one, of alighting--
Give me Peace; that is all, that is all that I seek ...
Say, starting on Saturday week.

A.A.M.

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THINGS THAT MATTER IN WAR-TIME.

"Among the audience the Duchess of ----'s slim height and long neck,
swathed in sables, stood out."--_Evening Standard._

"Mrs. ---- was looking beautiful in a bottle-green suiting, collared
with skunk, but a little thin, I thought."--_Daily Sketch._

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"King Albert of Belgium made a long aeroplane flight, under fire, over
the fighting front.... German anti-aircraft guns kept up a sustained
fire, but no German airman ventured in the way of the King's aeog
rogartb-habtheb habtheb habtha aeroplane."--_Vancouver Daily Province._

It is rumoured that the Air Board has already ordered a number of machines
of the new type.

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