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"We are informed by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Bristol
that his Lordship still has a supply of famous men connected
with the great war, and will be pleased to supply them to
applicants."--_Evening Times and Echo (Bristol)_.

Will the PRIME MINISTER please note?

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"A conference of the Ministers of departments concerned will take
place in London to arrange measures for their execution."--_Daily
Chronicle_.

Anticipated comment from _The Mourning Toast_: "And quite time, too."

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"Lord Lawrence, once Viceroy of India, said, 'Notwithstanding all
that English people have done to benefit India, the missionaries
have done more than all other agonies combined.'"--_Malay
Tribune_.

Missionaries in the East have a lot to put up with.

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A LETTER FROM THE FRONT

ON A PURELY DOMESTIC MATTER.

MY DEAR WIFE,--Yours to hand of the 10th inst., and contents, _re_
son, noted. I observe that you are for the moment satisfied with his
progress, and that you feel yourself in a position to be able to see
your way to inform me that he is beginning to have and express ideas
of his own on all subjects. He shows himself a fine fellow, and you
have every reason to be as happy as it is possible to be in wartime.

By the same post arrived the new uniform from Dover Street, London, W.
You will be glad to hear that Messrs. Blenkinson have done us proud,
managing to carry out your many suggestions without departing from
regulation. They make a fine fellow of me, neat but not gaudy,
striking in appearance without being offensive to the eye. Once more
they too have shown themselves fine fellows. We are all fine fellows;
my dear, you are positively surrounded on all sides by fine fellows,
and it would look as if, given peace, we are all together going to be
as happy as the day is long.

So I thought at first blush; but are we so sure? The separate
ingredients are excellent; there couldn't be a better son than Robert
or better tailors than Messrs. Blenkinson. But how will they blend?
Mind you, I'm not daring to doubt the courtesy and tact of a single
Blenkinson; but these views which son Robert is beginning to form,
where will they lead him ... and us ... and the Blenkinsons? Again,
I'm not suggesting that Robert will ever g