in the Midlands, where the people say
they have not had such a winter since last summer.

***

Described as the tallest soldier in Ireland, MICHAEL GRADY, of County
Mayo, who is seven feet two inches in height, hopes to settle down on a
farm. It is expected that he will shortly be measured for a village.

***

"To improve the appetite," says a Health Culture journal, "one should
salute the morn by throwing open the windows, lay on the bedroom floor
with the feet in the air and breathe deeply." This method of saluting is
not recommended to recruits.

***

The latest Sunday newspaper reminds us that it prints all the news.
It must do better than this if it is to keep pace with some of our
contemporaries.

***

Charged at Carmarthen with bigamy a soldier said he had no recollection
of his second marriage. Once again we feel compelled to point out the
advantage of keeping a diary.

***

It appears that one burglar has claimed his discharge from the Army
on the ground that he is a pivotal man and that several policemen are
waiting for him.

***

It is wrong to suppose, says the Coal Control Department, that
anthracite is injurious to health. The little ones all declare that its
flavour compares favourably with that of Brazil nuts.

***

Three cases of mince-pie shock are reported from the Westbourne Grove
district.

***

A woman has been fined ten shillings at Birmingham for putting cold tea
in bottles and selling it as whisky. One of the purchasers, it appears,
had his suspicions aroused by the peculiar taste of the liquid.

***

The KAISER'S health, says a contemporary, is still a cause of anxiety.

Not to us.

***

"SHOOTINGS WANTED.

"Woman (middle-aged, respectable) would give services for home and
small wage."

_Scottish Paper_

She would probably be quite effective at ordinary ranges.

***

"Would the Party who removed Petticoat from the Railway Fence,
between 11th and 12th, kindly return same and save further
exposure."--_Provincial Paper._

In the interests of propriety we trust this appeal has been responded
to.

* * * * *

ANOTHER HISTORIC INTERVIEW.

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

_Incited to great efforts by the interview in "The Times" with President
WILSON, wherein so much is said (by the interviewer), Mr. Punch sent
forth one of his