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bting the honesty of her intentions, had informed the policeman. She was subsequently taken into custody, and the magistrate is now faced with the problem as to whether she is a good little girl in that she put money into War Loan, or a bad little girl in that she followed the example of the profiteers. * * * * * OUR HELPFUL PRESS. From a recipe for jam:-- "Add the fruit and boil 40 minutes. Glucose and sugar in equal parts can be used if sugar is unobtainable."--_Daily Sketch_. * * * * * "To lease or rent a fine family residence, healthy locality, one mile from Mandeville fully furnished with good accommodation for a large family standing on ten acres of good grazing land with many fruit trees has two large tanks, recently occupied by judge Reece."--_Daily Gleaner (Jamaica)_. Anything for coolness. * * * * * Extract from a speech by Mr. BROMLEY on the eight-hours' day:-- "They had endeavoured after long weary waiting to bring to fruition in due time what had been the first plank in their programme for thirteen years."--_Morning Paper_. But the plank, as might be expected, has, as fruit-growers say, "run to wood." * * * * * [Illustration: _Colonel (asked to review V.A.D. Corps, and not wishing to spring an order on them)_. "NOW, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU LADIES TO FORM FOURS."] * * * * * THE PASSING OF THE COD'S HEAD. (_A Romance of Chiswick Mall._) It was because the dustman did not come; It was because our cat was overfed, And, gorged with some superior pabulum, Declined to touch the cod's disgusting head; It was because the weather was too warm To hide the horror in the refuse-bin, And too intense the perfume of its form, My wife commanded me to do the sin, To take and cast it in the twinkling Thames-- A practice which the neighbourhood condemns. So on the midnight, with a strong cigar And scented handkerchief, I tiptoed near, But felt the exotic fragrance from afar; I thought of ARTHUR and Sir BEDIVERE: And it seemed best to leave it on the plate, So strode I back and told my curious spouse "I heard the high tide lap along the Eyot, And the wild water at the barge's bows." She said, "O treacherous! O heart of clay! Go b
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