R,
AFTER TREATMENT THE LIKES O' THAT, I SAYS TO 'EM, 'FOR THE FUTURE,'
SAYS I, 'I CHUCKS UP ALL RELIGION, AND I GOES TO CHURCH!'"]

* * * * *

A HINT TO EDITORS.

SCENE--_The Sanctum of a Newspaper Office. Editor discovered
(by Obtrusive Visitor) hard at work._

_Obtrusive Visitor_. I trust that I have not come at an unfortunate
moment?

_Editor_ (_looking up from his desk_). Dear me! You here! Delighted to
see you. But don't let me disturb you. Good-bye!

_Ob. Vis._ (_seating himself_). No; I am afraid it is the other way. I
know at this time of the week you must be exceptionally busy.

_Ed._ (_with courteous impatience_). Not at all, but--

_Ob. Vis._ Oh! thank you so much. Because it is the very last thing in
the world I would like to do--to disturb you. And now, how are you?

_Ed._ Quite well, thanks. But now, if you don't mind, I will just
finish.

[_Turns to go on with his article._

_Ob. Vis._ (_rejecting the hint_). I said to myself as I came along,
Now I will look him up.

_Ed._ Very kind of you, but--

_Ob. Vis._ Oh, not in the least; and you know, my dear fellow, how I
enjoy a chat.

_Ed._ Yes,--and I, too. But just now--

_Ob. Vis._ Quite so. You want me to do all the talking, as we haven't
met for the last three weeks. Well, you must know we have been to
Herne Bay, and--

_Ed._ Yes; charming place. But just now I am--

_Ob. Vis._ Quite so. But I didn't come to tell you about Herne Bay,
although it is really a delightful spot. The air--

_Ed._ Yes, I know all about it. First-rate, most salubrious, and the
rest of it. But, my dear friend, you really must--

_Ob. Vis._ Quite so! Yes, everyone knows all about Herne Bay; and I
really came to ask you if you had any room for an article.

_Ed._ (_roused_). My dear fellow, I assure you we are quite full for
months. Any number of excellent things standing over.

_Ob. Vis._ Oh, yes, I know you are always full. You told me so the
last time I called.

_Ed._ Quite so! Very sorry, but it can't be helped. Have to look so
far ahead nowadays, you know.

_Ob. Vis._ Certainly; and that is why I thought I would just bring a
half-finished article and show you what I had dome, and complete it
if you thought it would do. You can put it in whenever you like; so it
would not hurt for standing over.

_Ed._ (_with inspiration_). What is it called?

_Ob. Vis._ "Russian Wheat and Chinese Tea or Free Trade in Au