-Gambling Party, proclaimed triumphantly that the
odds offered in the constituency were ten to one against Jenkins. But Mr.
Jenkins lay low and said nothing. Or rather he achieved the not impossible
feat in a Parliamentary contest of saying nothing and saying a good deal.

But the day before the poll Mr. Jenkins's polling cards were delivered.
They were headed, "Vote for Jenkins and Kill Profiteering. Give up this
card at your polling-station for free samples of silks in my great blouse
offer. I sell for 9s. 11-3/4d. a blouse usually priced at two guineas. Not
more than six sold to any one voter. OUT SIZES NO EXTRA CHARGE."

A quarter-mile queue of lady-voters was standing outside the polling booths
at eight o'clock. Hundreds of them had their husbands in custody with them.
In vain were representations of the Full Milk Jug and the Flowing Pint Pot
paraded before them. The Wee Free procession, headed by a Brimming Cocoa
Cup, was received with jeers.

When the poll was declared the figures ran--

Jenkins (Coalition) ... 20,428
Coddem (Bottomley) ... 9,344
Dulham (Labour) ... 9,028
Guff (Wee Free) ... 2,008
Stilts (National Party) ... 49

And _The Daily News_' headline the next day was--

"CORRUPT MINORITY CANDIDATE CARRIES MUDDLEBORO."

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[Illustration: DEMODE.

_She._ "SOMEWHAT ARCHAIC--WHAT?"

_He._ "YE--ES. ALL RIGHT SIX WEEKS AGO. _QUITE_ ACADEMICAL NOW."]

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COMMERCIAL CANDOUR.

From a poultry-breeder's advertisement:--

"My strains of Rhodes are only too well known."

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"Miss Winnie ----, the charming and talented actress, writes:--'I am
quite positive--I owe my present health and spirits to ----.'"--_Advt.
in Daily Paper._

"Poor Miss Winnie ---- has had to retire suddenly from the revue--
doctor's orders."--_Same paper, same day._

We should have liked to hear the Advertisement Manager's view of the News
Editor.

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[Illustration: "OO, LUMME! WOT PRICE REGINALD IN 'IS MALLABY-DEELEYS?"]

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FREUD AND JUNG.

[A reviewer in a recent issue of _The Times Literary Supplement_ asks,
"Why should the characters in the psychological novel be invariably
horrid?" and is inclined to explain this state of affairs by the
undiscriminating study of "the