cs were dry and dusty,
Still they had their moods of fun,
As, for instance, when the crusty
Yet delightful Viscount Bunn
Broke into the Second Reading
Of a Church Endowment Bill
With a snore of perfect breeding
Which convulsed the Earl of Brill.

Through my kinship with the Gortons
I was much at Widnes Square;
People of the first importance
Often came to luncheon there;
GLADSTONE, DIZZY, even older
Statesmen used to throng the hall;
PALMERSTON once touched my shoulder--
Which one I do not recall.

Then I went to routs and dances,
Ah, how fine they were, and how
Different from the dubious prances
That the young indulge in now;
There I first encountered Kitty,
Told the girl I was a dunce,
But implored her to have pity,
And she said she would, at once.

Eh, well, well! I must not linger
On those glorious halcyon days;
Time with his relentless finger
Brings me to the second phase;
Politics were always creeping
Like a ghost across my view--
I contested Market Sleeping
In the Spring of Seventy-Two.

GLADSTONE--[No, please not. ED.]

EVOE.

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"BRIGHTON.--The ----. One minute sea, West Pier, Lawns. Gas fires in
beds."--_Advt. in Daily Paper._

Thanks, but we prefer a hot-water bottle.

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[Illustration: MORAL SUASION.

THE RABBIT. "MY OFFENSIVE EQUIPMENT BEING PRACTICALLY _NIL_, IT REMAINS FOR
ME TO FASCINATE HIM WITH THE POWER OF MY EYE."]

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ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.

[Illustration: THE INCOHERENTS.

The reply of the Soviet Government to the Spa Conference was described by
Mr. LLOYD GEORGE as "incoherent; the sort of document that might be drawn
up by a committee composed of Colonel WEDGWOOD, Commander KENWORTHY, Lord
ROBERT CECIL, Mr. BOTTOMLEY and Mr. THOMAS." It is understood that these
hon. Members intend to hold an indignation meeting to discuss means--if
any--of refuting this charge.]

_Monday, July 19th._--Opinions may differ as to the wisdom of the Peers in
reopening the DYER case, but the large audience which assembled in the
galleries, where Peeresses and Indians vied with one another in the
gorgeousness of their attire, testified to the public interest in the
debate. At first the speakers made no attempt to "hot up" their cold
porridge. In presenting General DYER