to go far?
"But one knows," says his mother,"what barristers are.
Something else he must be!"

Do you fancy a Haig?
Shall our James be a Haig?
The War Office tell me he's late for this war,
Have the honour to add there won't be any more
Since that's what the League of the Nations is for;
So it's off about Haig.

But his mother sees light
(Mothers always see light).
"This League of the Nations we mentioned above,
With the motto, 'Be Quiet,' the trade-mark, a Dove,
Will be wanting a President, won't it, my love?"
Jimmy's mother sees light.

Yes, that could be arranged;
Nay, it must be arranged.
In the matter of years Master Jimmy would meet
Presidential requirements. What age can compete,
In avoiding the gawdy, achieving the neat,
With forty to fifty? Thus, forty-five be't.
Given forty-two years, he'll be finding his feet
And the Treaty of Peace should be getting complete....
And so that's all arranged.

HENRY.

* * * * *

"I am sorry to have to say that this statement is a ------, and if
any of my readers have any doubt as to whether I used that strong
term without just reason, I invite them to communicate with the
Ministry of Shipping on the subject."--_Letter in "The Observer."_

We respect our contemporary's discretion, but we _should_ like to know
what was the "strong term".

* * * * *

"The Literary Class has grown beyond all expectations, the numbers
attending the last few meetings averaging nearly 100. Papers have
been read and discussed on Dickens' Works, _Tess, Tale of Two
Cities_."

_The Highway_.

Flushed with success, the Literary Class is expected next to tackle
HARDY; _Jude the Obscure_ and _The Mystery of Edwin Drood_ being the
first objectives.

* * * * *

_NOUVELLES DE PARIS._

_Paris, March 3rd, 1919._

DEAREST POPPY,--You know, don't you, that I write for the
Press? You _must_ write, _ma chere_, if you want to be _dans le
mouvement_ nowadays. It's getting to be almost as big a craze as
jazzing and is quite as exciting. It has its difficulties, of
course, but so has the jazz roll. And if you've got a title or
have been mixed up in a _cause celebre_ you can wri