temper of our staff. It was inevitable that under such constant irritation
these ex-Service men of ours would one day burst into strong military
idiom, so we have disconnected our telephone in order to avoid the calamity
of losing our lady-typist.

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[Illustration: SOUVENIR-HUNTERS OF THE PAST.

_Scene._--RUNNYMEDE, 1215.]

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"Man Wanted to lift 1,200 square yards of Turf at once--_Provincial
Paper._

Before applying for the job our young friend Foozle would like to know
whether he will be required to replace the divot.

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AT THE PLAY.

"JUST LIKE JUDY."

If the author of _Just Like Judy_ will look into that commodious classic,
_Mrs. Beeton's Cookery Book_, he will find a formula for light pastry. And
if he will proceed to the (for him) enlivening adventure of essaying a
tartlet, he will find that most fatal among a host of fatal errors will be
any failure to preserve the due proportion of ingredients. I do not suggest