ly;
There's much to enchant us in New Piccadilly.

As I sit in my club and partake of my "ration"
No longer I'm vexed by the follies of fashion;
The dandified Johnnies so precious and silly--
You seek them in vain in the New Piccadilly.

The men are alert and upstanding and fit,
They've most of them done or they're doing their bit;
With the eye of a hawk and the stride of a gillie
They add a new lustre to Old Piccadilly.

And the crippled but gay-hearted heroes in blue
Are a far finer product than wicked "old Q,"
Who ought to have lived in a prison on skilly
Instead of a palace in mid Piccadilly.

The women are splendid, so quiet and strong,
As with resolute purpose they hurry along--
Excepting the flappers, who chatter as shrilly
As parrots let loose to distract Piccadilly.

Thus I muse as I watch with a reverent eye
The New Generation sweep steadily by,
And judge him an ass or a born Silly Billy
Who'd barter the New for the Old Piccadilly.

* * * * *

A CLEARANCE.

"WANTED.--Lady shortly leaving the Colony is desirous of
recommending her baby and wash Amahs, also Houseboy."--_South
China Morning Post_.

* * * * *

"Though the King's birthday was officially celebrated
yesterday, there were no official celebrations."--_Daily
Express_.

It seems to have been a case of unconscious celebration.

* * * * *

"We shall want a name for the American 'Tommies' when they
come; but do not call them 'Yankees.' They none of them like
it."--_Daily News_.

As a term of distinction and endearment Mr. Punch suggests
"Sammies"--after their uncle.

* * * * *

"Petrograd.

The local Committee of the Soldiers' and Workmen's Delegates
announces that it will take into its hands effective power
at Cronstadt. and that it will not recognise the Provisional
Government, and will remove all Government representatives.

This fateful decision was adopted by 21 votes to 40, with
eight abstentions."--_Provincial Paper_.

The trouble in Russia just now is the tyranny of the minority.

* * * * *

[Illustration: A WORD OF ILL OMEN.

CROWN PRINCE (_to KAISER, drafting his next speech_). "FOR GOTT'S
SAKE, FATHER, BE CAREFUL THIS TIME, AND DON'T CALL THE AMERICAN ARMY