to get
together some bold spirits, to capture the editor and his staff,
and to hold them in a comfortable but rigorous imprisonment for one
week; to take possession of the editorial office, and then to set to
work to transform the contents of the paper. I foresee the amazement
of the faithful readers of _The Chicken Run_, on being informed, in
the column headed "Hints to Beginners," that Mr. LLOYD GEORGE'S pet
Leghorn cockerel has developed a surprising taste for latchkeys, and
recently swallowed two of them, while Mr. ASQUITH'S Buff Orpington
pullet has taken to following him about like a dog and roosting
on his bed-rail. Then there would be a breezy editorial article
designed to prove that poultry had come out of the war with a much
enhanced reputation, owing to the loyal part they had played in
assisting the FOOD-CONTROLLER.

Further, there would be special articles proving, for instance, that
champagne is the one drink on which all breeds of chickens increase
and multiply their production of eggs, especially if hot caviare
is afterwards administered in large bowls. Then there would be the
first chapters of an enthralling serial whose plot revolved round
the love-story of Sir Robert Wyandotte and Lady Cecilia Buttercup--a
literary effort of unparalleled brilliancy due to the genius of a
new novelist who preferred to be known as the Red Rover of Rhode
Island. And so on and so on. If you think the scheme is feasible,
let me hear from you and I will begin to get my team of villains
together.

Yours faithfully,

THE GAME CHICK.

* * * * *

"Women and young persons now employed in these works enjoy a miximum
working week of fifty-five and a half hours."--_Sunday Paper_.

And, we suppose, a manimum wage.

* * * * *

AT THE PLAY.

"THE BABES IN THE WOOD."

When I saw a dull red glow in the early evening sky above the great open
flares that lit the portals of the Theatre Royal, I said to myself,
"This brings the Peace home to one!" But those who think that England
will never be the same after the War, that all things will become new
and better, have not reckoned with the Drury Lane Pantomime. Its tactics
may change, but its general strategy remains untouched by War or Peace.
Under any name--_Ali Baba_ or _Aladdin_, _Puss in Boots_ or _The