he chief Elizabethan by a neo-Georgian clown,
'Tis averred that STOLL (Sir OSWALD), in a life of storm and stress,
Finds distraction from his labours in the works of WILLIAM S.

In this context I may notice that the "consequential" KEYNES
From an economic survey of the cinema abstains;
But this curious lacuna does not prove that he has missed
CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S true importance as a sociologist.

All the same, good Viscount MORLEY is, we are prepared to state,
Unaware of the existence of the peerless HARRY TATE;
And the name of MARY PICKFORD doesn't palpably convey
Any sort of connotation to the mind of Viscount GREY.

This is much to be regretted, but I'm not without the hope
That our publicists and statesmen may enlarge their mental scope
By frequenting entertainments where the pleased spectators rock
At the antics of GEORGE ROBEY or the drolleries of GROCK.

So, conversely, CHARLIE CHAPLIN, in a later, mellower phase,
May attain to the enjoyment of Elizabethan plays,
And, when economic problems on his jaded palate pall,
Recognise that there is something in our WILLIAM after all.

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Extract from a lover's letter, read recently in court:--

"I see those self-same eyes, which are my own love's, looking at each
other with all that tenderness with which they once looked into
mine."--_Provincial Paper._

It would appear that the object of his affections suffered from some
obliquity of vision.

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OUR "DUMB" PETS BUREAU.

AS ONE OF FAMILY--CAT (lady), elderly; would give slight services (mousing,
etc.) in return for comfortable home. No dogs. Highest refs. Strictest
confidence.

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PARROT seeks sit. with refined conversationalists. Eighty years in last
place. Cause of leaving, death of owner.

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RABBIT.--Quiet, domesticated, with family of nine, wishes to find home with
vegetarians. Sleep out.

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DOG, young, seeks home in cheerful family. Well-bred society. Children not
objected to. Liberal table and good outings necessary.

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PONY, no longer young, quiet tastes, is seeking post with family where
motor is kept.

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SOW, eleven encumbrances, wishes to board with Jewish family.