Oh, ROSEBERY turned tr-r-raitor,
And LUBBOCK seemed to cool,
MCDOUGALL, now, and PARKINSON
May proudly play the fool.
London's delivered to be ruled
On the "Progressive" plan,
And "BEN" can bear the honoured name--
Ye gods!--of ALDERMAN!!!

_Chorus_.--Oh, hush! hush! hush!
Here comes the Bogie Man!
Turtle, be cautious; Griffin, hide!
You're under his black ban.
Oh, whist! whist! whist!
"We'll save ye, _if we can_,
My pretty popsey-wopsey-wops,
From yon bad Bogie Man!

* * * * *

TO QUEEN COAL.

(_BY HER FOND BUT POOR LOVER._)

"If thou art not dear to _me_,
What care I how dear you be!"

* * * * *

BUTTER AND BOSH.

["Many customers who want Margarine will not consent to
buy it under that name, but insist on its being called
'Butter.'"--_Daily Paper_.]

Oh, Wisdom, surely here your words you waste
On men who consciously deceive their taste;
Who cheating self are blindest when they've seen,
And call that Butter which is Margarine.
"Give me," 'tis thus their sentiments they utter,
"Firkins of Bosh, but label them as Butter.
Who cares for honest names? they're all my eye.
_Decipiatur qui vult decipi_."

* * * * *

[Illustration: THE BOGIE MAN.

"HUSH! HUSH! HUSH!
HERE COMES THE BOGIE MAN!

"THEN HIDE YOUR HEADS, MY DARLINGS;
HE'LL CATCH YOU IF HE CAN!"
]

* * * * *

"ON THE BLAZON'D SCROLL OF FAME."

[To each man of the Crews of the three Life-boats stationed
in the Isle of Wight, at Brighstone, Brook and Atherfield,
respectively, _Mr. Punch_ has had pleasure and pride in
presenting an illuminated copy of the Picture and Poem
entitled "MR. PUNCH TO THE LIFE-BOAT MEN," which appeared in
his issue of February 13. The names of the coxswains and crews
of these three boats, the _Worcester Cadet_, the _William
Slaney Lewis_, and the _Catherine Swift_, are inscribed
thereon (as they should be in the memories of all true
Britons), as follows:--Of the _Worcester Cadet_, JAMES COTTON
(Coxswain), ROBERT BUCKETT (Second Coxswain), ROBERT SALTER,
WILLIAM BARTON, FRANK EDMUNDS, FRANK BUCKETT, GEORGE NEW,
GEORGE MORRIS, GEORGE SHOTTER, GEORGE HAWKER, EDGAR WHITE,
WILLIAM MERWOOD, and JAMES HEDGECOCK.

Of the _William Slaney Lewis_,