sure in inviting his friends to encourage him in this new
venture.

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[Illustration: THE GORGEOUS UNIFORMS OF THE PAST MAY BE RE-INTRODUCED INTO
THE ARMY; BUT, IF SO, THE CINEMA ATTENDANT WILL NOT GIVE IN WITHOUT A
STRUGGLE.]

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OUR ENTERPRISING CONTEMPORARIES.

"NEWS BY WIRE AND AIR.

To-day is the longest day."--"_Daily Mail_," _June 21st_.

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THE EXPANSION OF SCOTLAND.

"The most interesting features of the vital statistics of Scotland....
The girth-rate was higher than those of all first quarters since 1891.
--_Daily Paper._

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OUR MERRY MUNICIPALITIES.

"---- TOWN COUNCIL.

MINUTES FOR MONDAY'S MEETING.

MORE INCREASES OF WAGS."--_Provincial Paper._

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THREATENED UNREST AT THE ZOO.

"Mr. Churchill has made up his mind, but if he gets his way every
tadpole and tapir will take it as a precedent."--_Daily News._

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"In a driving competition Ray drove 723 yards, one inch."--_South
African Paper._

Another inch, and we should have refused to believe it.

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"WILSON WOULD TAKE MANDATE OVER AMERICA.

WASHINGTON, May 25.--President Wilson Monday asked authority from
Congress for the United States to accept a mandate over Armenia.--
_Canadian Paper._

But there is no reason to believe that the headline is inaccurate.

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HOLIDAY ANTICIPATIONS.

[Now that holiday-planning is in season we have pleasure in announcing
a few proposed schemes for the recreation of some of the mighty brains
that shape our destinies and guide our groping intelligences. But it
must be clearly understood that in these inconstant times we cannot
vouch for their authenticity or guarantee fulfilment.]

MR. ASQUITH'S recent success in spotting the winner of the Derby is
believed to have inspired Mr. LLOYD GEORGE with an idea of combining his
present policy of always going one, if not two or three, better than the
Old Man with a public demonstration of the extent to which the crude
Puritanism of his youth has been mellowed by sympathies more in keeping
with his later political alliances. He is credited with the intention of