he Cinema," replied Sir WILLIAM enthusiastically.
"We are going to make great strides with the Cinema. Our first film,
which is now in preparation, deals with the Leamington episode and has
been very carefully staged. It has been necessary, of course, in
the interests of art to elaborate the actual incidents to a certain
extent. Coalition Liberals, for instance, were obliged to board the
train in the traditional manner of the screen, leaping on to it whilst
in motion and climbing, some by way of the brakes and buffers, some
along the roofs of the carriages, into their reserved compartment.
Then again we could not reassemble the actual gathering of Wee Frees
to represent the enemy, but we secured the services of actors well
trained in Wild West and "crook" parts, capably led by those two
prominent comedians, _Mr. Mutt_ and _Mr. Jeff_. The film ends, of
course, with the second meeting at the Central Hall, Westminster,
when _Messrs. Mutt_ and _Jeff_ again appear as comic and objectionable
interrupters, and are ignominiously hurled into the street.

"Very soon we hope to have all important Parliamentary debates filmed.
It will be essential, of course, to provide some comic relief, and we
are relying confidently on certain Members to practise the wearing
of mobile moustaches and to take lessons in the stagger, the butter
slide, the business with the cane and the quick reversal of the hat."

"In short you think politics should be more spectacular?"

"That's it," he said. "HOBBS the mammoth hitter and a little less of
the _Leviathan_."

Greatly impressed I bit off the end of his second cigar and went back
to the office to look up _Leviathan_.

V.

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[Illustration: _Farmer._ "DEAR ME! C-CAN I DO ANYTHING?"

_Airman._ "THANKS, BUT REALLY I THINK I'VE DONE ALL THERE IS TO BE
DONE."]

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AN OPTIMIST.

"The pastor of the ---- Congregational Church has been ordered
by his medical adviser to take a rest. The rev. gentleman
is therefore spending a fortnight's holiday in
Ireland."--_Provincial Paper._

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"During the period of waiting before the bridal party
appeared, the organist played Wagner's 'Bridal Chorus,' and
'Cradle Song' (Guilmant)."--_West Country Paper._

The organist seems to have been rather a forward fellow.

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