, and they
played, as they fought, gloriously, these minstrel boys who had all gone to
the War. Strings and woodwind, brass and percussion, all are up to the best
professional level.

There is no movement which has a stronger claim on all men and women of
goodwill than that for providing employment for demobilized soldiers, and
the British Symphony Orchestra is a first-rate contribution to that
desirable end. The _personnel_ of the orchestra is all that can be desired.
It was bad luck that Mr. RAYMOND ROZE was prevented by illness from
conducting last week, but the band was fortunate in securing an admirable
substitute in Mr. FRANK BRIDGE. Mr. Punch gives the scheme his blessing
without reserve, but with a word of advice. To win for the B.S.O. the
success it deserves will need good judgment as well as energy and
efficiency. The art of programme-framing has to be studied with especial
care in view of the powerful but, we believe, perfectly friendly
competition of other established organizations. Last week's programme had
its _beaux moments_, but it had also at least two _mauvais quarts d'heure_.
The men, however, were splendid.

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[Illustration: MORE ADVENTURES OF A POST-WAR SPORTSMAN.

_P.W.S._ (_who has taken a Spring fishing_). "AND THIS IS WHAT I'VE PAID
THREE 'UNDRED QUID FOR!"]

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THE NEW COLOUR: ASQUITHIAN ROSE.

"To-day everything Asquithian has a rosy hue. To begin with, there
arrived a horseshoe of white chrysanthemums with the words 'Good luck'
worked in green."--_Daily Paper._

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"Shakespeare's 'Otehllo' has fallen upon evil days."--_Evening Paper._

It certainly seems to be having a bad spell.

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"The vexed question, 'What is a new-laid egg?' is at present
confronting a committee of poultry experts."--_Daily Telegraph._

The Committee should invite a hen to sit on it.

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An "under-cut":--

"Earl Beatty is setting an example in hustle at the Admiralty.
Photographed yesterday hurrying to lunch."--_Daily Paper._

His Lordship's example is superfluous. The Admiralty has nothing to learn
about hurrying to lunch.

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[Illustration: _Mistress._ "CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW IT IS, JANE, THAT WHENEVER
I COME INTO THE KITCHEN I ALWAYS F