small bones of which I kept chewing, as it seemed to assist
me....'

A strict vegetarian, Mrs. Hamilton will sometimes swim five miles
before dinner, and skips for a few minutes every day."

_Scotch Paper._

She should skip the chicken if she wants us to be excited about her
strict vegetarianism.

* * * * *


DOGGEREL.

TO THE PRIME MINISTER'S ST. BERNARD PUP.

Ere your native country figured as the home of winter sport,
Paradise of spies and agents, and for kings a last resort;
Ere the hospitable chamois lent his haunts to Bolsh and Hun
Or the queue of rash toboggans took the curve of Cresta Run;

Long before a locomotive climbed the Rigi, cog by cog,
Fame had mentioned your forefathers--such a noble breed of dog,
How they tracked the lonely traveller with their nimble, sleuthy snouts,
Till beneath a billowy snowdrift they remarked his whereabouts.

How they dug him out of cold-store like a Canterbury sheep,
Took their tongues and kindly licked him where his nose