re careful in the future.

Sir,--I think it a pity you publish jokes. In this age, when
all things--even our dear Bishops--are considered fit subjects
for jest, we could do with one serious-minded paper. Trusting
you will think this over,

Yours faithfully,

HITCHY KIKUYU.

Sir,---You should see our American comic papers.

Yours faithfully,

WASHINGTON G. BUSTER.

Sir,--I find the blank pages at the back of the cartoons very
useful for making notes on. Could you not extend this feature?

Yours faithfully,

PROFESSOR.

Sir,--I think you would do well to cater more for women--who,
after all, are a rising sex. A page each week devoted to
modern fashions would not be at all out of place in your
paper.

Yours faithfully,

EVE.

Sir,--In my opinion your paper is the cleverest in the
country--nay in the world. Nowhere else is such exquisite
literary discrimination shown. I enclose a small contribution
for your consideration, and am,

Yours faithfully,

CONSTANT READER.

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[Illustration: "TWELFTH NIGHT" (JAN. 6).

_Mr. Lloyd George (as_ Malvolio). "Fool, there was never man so
notoriously abused."--_Act IV., Scene 2._]

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THE PAPER-CHASE.

I arrived at home at three o'clock on a frosty afternoon. "Now,"
thought I, "I shall have a quiet time before tea and shall be able to
write a few letters and start my article." It was a dream of usefully
employed leisure, but it didn't last long.

I found the whole family, with the addition of a little boyfriend,
gathered together in a very purposeful and alarming way in the library
There was about them an undefinable air of the chase, for they were
all well-booted and belted, and Peggy had a large clasp-knife dangling
at her waist. "It is for the hare," she said, "when we catch him."

"The hare?" I said. "What hare?"

"You," said the lady of the house cheerfully, "are to be the hare. You
are to run till you are cooked, and then you will be caught."

"What madness is this?" I said.

"It's not madness a bit," said Helen indignantly. "It's a
paper-chase."

"And I," said Rosie, "have torn up all _The Timeses_."

"And I," said John, who is not always sure of his tenses, though he is
very voluble, "have tored up _The Daily Newses_."

"That's capital," I said with enthu