y
Universal Service for Home Defence, but he casts no stone at those who so
long and parlously delayed to learn their lesson. Like the true soldier
that he is, he seems to have no time or taste for those recriminations
which are best left to small political fry. And I rejoice that in a book of
such authority the note is largely one of happiness and hope.

* * * * *

"Owing to congestion on the railways there is a food shortage in Petrograd,
which has led some of the less irresponsible citizens to demonstrate during
the session of the Council of the Empire and the Duma."--_Daily Sketch._

Subsequent news shows that "less irresponsible" was not a misprint but a
prophecy.

* * * * *

[Illustration: _Sympathetic Newsboy (to proprietor of Coffee Stall.)_ "WOT
YER TRYIN' TO DO WIV THE OLD 'OTEL, GUVNER? TAKIN' IT 'OME FOR FEAR OF
'AVIN' IT COMMANDEERED?"]

* * * * *

"It is claimed that about thirty Merman firms construct the Diesel
motors originally used for submarines."--_Daily Telegraph._

We wish these motors a speedy return to the fishy scenes of their origin.

* * * * *

"Several eligible sires for workmen's dwellings, of which some 300 are
needed, have been selected by the Southport Town Planning
Committee."--_Daily Paper._

They must not be confused with "the rude forefathers of the hamlet"
mentioned by GRAY.

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