Ah me! who would be,
A toiling Judge of the Q.B.D.?

To a _cause célèbre_ I don't object,
Leaders of fashion around me sit,
My robes and ermine command respect,
I rather fancy I'm making a hit:
I feel there's a chance of getting, who knows?
Into _Vanity Fair_ or Madame Tussaud's.
Ah me! who would not be,
A popular Judge of the Q.B.D.?

When the Sittings are in full swing, I'm bound,
From half past ten till the clock strikes four,
In Court or in Chambers to be found,
With half an hour for my lunch or more:
Summons and motion and cause I hear,
I'm only paid, five thousand a-year!
Many a man would like to be,
Judge of the High Court Q.B.D.

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ANTI-TEETOTAL OPERA, "_Eugène Onegin_" at the Olympic. Will it be
followed by _Ourjane Twobrandi_? and subsequently, by the celebrated
Opera, _Lotowiski_?

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[Illustration: _Ethel_ (_who has picked up a few sporting phrases,