And the public ne'er, apparently, of watching it grows tired,
And the Merchant who dismissed him, in the Stalls is wont to sit,
While the Sergeant and his sweetheart are applauding from the Pit.

The moral of my narrative is easy to espy.
But still I'd better mention it, lest some should pass it by:
"Though it's often very troublesome indeed to find it out--
There's a proper sphere for _everyone_, beyond the slightest doubt."

* * * * *

[Illustration: TECHNICALITIES.

_First Amateur Water-Colourist._ "DO YOU _WASH_ MUCH?"

_Second Ditto Ditto_. "NO; I _SCRATCH_ A GOOD DEAL!"]

* * * * *

"PUTTING ON THE HUG."

[During President CARNOT's tour he received at Aix-les-Bains
"a delegation of children." One of these, clad in a Russian
dress, offered him a bunch of flowers, repeating a stanza
written for the occasion. M. CARNOT, amid cries of "_Vive
la France!_" "_Vive la Russie!_" "_Vive Carnot!_" "_Vive la
République!_" kissed the little girl, saying, "_J'embrasse la
Russie!_"]

Yes--"_Vive la France!_"--and "_Vive la Russie!_" too.