in mending stockings. So many people make stockings who
refuse absolutely to mend them that I imagine there must be something
peculiarly unattractive in this work of restoration, and it was a fortunate
day for _Margaret_ when the pedantic young man of the house proposed to
marry her. After this we discover that she has both a history and a will of
her own. She leaves the Quakers, and goes as secretary to a lady who holds
eccentric if broadminded views on every conceivable subject, and the change
of atmosphere, however delightful in various ways, was too much for
_Margaret's_ peace of mind. The young Quaker was an obstinate wooer and
followed her up, but his chances of success, which were never rosy, grew
dimmer and dimmer as _Margaret_, freeing herself of shackles, gradually
began to see life as a whole instead of through the eye of a darning-
needle. In the end MRS. FRED REYNOLDS tells us that "the day dawned. The
whole earth sang and sparkled in the glad light of it," which is her way of
saying that _Margaret_ had found happiness. But all the same I fancy that
introspection had become such a habit of this heroine that she is still
likely to have days when the dawn is grey and no birds sing.

* * * * *

"He was also the first officer to make a successful flight from the
deck of a British warship, and on one occasion he changed an aeroplane
propeller blade whilst flying 2,000ft. above the sea."--_Evening
Paper._

The above extract has been forwarded by the members of a R.F.C. mess, who
are anxious to know what happened when he stopped his engine.

* * * * *

"Wanted, for a Farmhouse, Middle-Aged Person to look an Old Lady;
lifting and light duties."--_Newcastle Daily Journal._

We doubt if there will be much response. Most middle-aged persons nowadays
prefer to look like flappers.

* * * * *

From a trade prospectus:--

"---- Cubes contain the nourishing proprieties of beef."

We have always been great believers in bovine modesty.

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152, May 2, 1917, by Various

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