Bulgarophone and Turkophone feeling prevails
in Greece, especially in military circles."

_Balkan News_ (_Salonika_).

"Master's Voice," we presume.

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"'Theodore Wolff says:--'Other peace orators have followed Lord
Loreburn and Lord Courtney in the House of Lords. One must not
awaken the belief that such prophets can accomplish miracles of
conversation in a day.'"--_Winnipeg Evening Tribune._

We think Herr Wolff underestimates Lord Courtney's powers in this
direction.

[Illustration: ECONOMY IN LUXURIES.

First Philistine. "I'm All With the Government Over This Closing Of
Museums. I Never Touch 'em Myself."

Second Philistine. "Same Here. Waiter, Get Me a Couple of Stalls for The
Frivolity."]

[Illustration: AT OUR PATRIOTIC BAZAAR.

_Devoted Stall-holder._ "I hardly like to ask you, Mr. Thrush, but the
Committee would be so grateful if you would write one of your sweet
verses on each of these eggs for wounded soldiers!"]

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JILLINGS.

I have always been very fond and proud of my niece Celia. With an
exceptionally attractive appearance and a personal fascination that is
irresistible she combines the sweetest and most unselfish nature it has
ever been my good fortune to meet. Indeed, she has so excessive a
consideration for the feelings of everybody but herself that she drifts
into difficulties which she might have avoided by a little more
firmness. As, for example, in the case of Jillings. Celia and Jack have
been married six years; he is about twelve years older than she, and a
capital good fellow, though he is said to have rather a violent temper.
But he has never shown it with Celia--nobody could, had left the Army on
his marriage and settled down in a pretty little place in Surrey, but of
course rejoined the Service as soon as the War broke out. So long as he
was in training with his regiment she took rooms in the neighbourhood,
but when he was ordered to the Front about a year ago she and the
children returned to the Surrey home, and it was then that Celia engaged
Jillings as parlourmaid. I saw her shortly afterwards when I went down
to stay for a night, and was struck by the exuberant enthusiasm with
which she waited--not over efficiently--at table. Celia remarked
afterwards that Jillings was a little inexperienced as yet, but so
willing and warm