,
he said to him in a throbbing voice, "Oh, HAROLD, how can you?"

* * * * *

"THE INCORRIGIBLES."

"The enemy made attacks, but each effort was repulsed with great
laughter."--_Star._

* * * * *

"One recalls in this connection the statement made by Alexander the
Great, that Napoleon's invasion of Russia was defeated not by the
Cossacks, but by Generals January and February."--_Stock Exchange
Gazette._

This reminds us of CAESAR'S comment on the sack of
Louvain:--"_Magnificens est, sed non bellum._"

* * * * *

WIRELESS.

There sits a little demon
Above the Admiralty,
To take the news of seamen
Seafaring on the sea;
So all the folk aboard-ships
Five hundred miles away
Can pitch it to their Lordships
At any time of day.

The cruisers prowl observant;
Their crackling whispers go;
The demon says, "Your servant,"
And lets their Lordships know;
A fog's come down off Flanders?
A something showed off Wick?
The captains and commanders
Can speak their Lordships quick.

The demon sits a-waking;
Look up above Whitehall--
E'en now, mayhap, he's taking
The Greatest Word of all;
From smiling folk aboard-ships
He ticks it off the reel:--
"An' may it please your Lordships,
A Fleet's put out o' Kiel!"

* * * * *

"Much indecision prevails as to what the value of sultanas will be
in the near future."

_Daily Telegraph._

What the Germans want to know is the price of Sultans.

* * * * *

BLANCHE'S LETTERS.

WAR GOSSIP.

_Park Lane._

Dearest Daphne,--The situation here is unchanged, though we have made
some progress in knitting. Forgive me, _m'amie_, but one does get so
much into the _despatch_ habit! The other day I'd a letter from Babs, in
which she told me she'd "nothing fresh to report on her right wing"
before she pulled herself together.

Norty's at the front as a flying-man. He's finding out all sorts of
things, dropping bombs on Zeppelins and covering himself with glory. I
had a few lines from him last week. He dated from "A place in Europe"
(they have to be _enormously_ cautious!), and said he was having the
time of his life. He was immensely pleased with the last letter I
managed to get through to him, and was particularly struck, he sa