entertaining imaginary portrait of a faithful boy scout was a stroke
of genius, his "call of the wild" being by far the best whim of the
evening. Miss EVA LEONARD-BOYNE as _Ninetta_, the orphan, did her
little job tenderly and prettily, but I couldn't believe in _Ninetta_
in that galley, and I doubt if she did. Mr. GORDON ASH was the
debonair hero. I do most solemnly entreat him to consider the example
of some of the elders in his profession who have adopted a laugh as
their principal bit of business. It may turn into a millstone. Was he
not laughing the same laugh on this very stage in a very different
part three days ago? He was. If he got a month, laugh-barred, he would
profit by the sentence. For he has jolly good stuff in him.

T.

[Illustration: BORROWED PLUMES IN A MAYOR'S NEST.

_Alderman Twentyman_ . Mr. O.B. CLARENCE.

_Felix Delany_ . . . . Mr. GORDON ASH.]

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MORE COMMANDEERING.

From a report of the PRIME MINISTER'S speech at Carnarvon:--

"There are eight million houses in this country. Let us have
VICTORY GUM FACTORY, Nelson, Lancs."--_Daily Dispatch._

But surely he does not want to be known as "The Stickit Minister."