Mayhap 'twill increase
If the delegates dally
In speeding up Peace.

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"THE THAMES RISING.

"LONDON MILK SUPPLY THREATENED."--_Pall Mall Gazette_.

A surprising change of affairs.

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"Sprats in South London are 21/2 lb. a lb."--_Continental Daily
Mail_.

This may explain why our fishmonger's price is 21/2 shillings a
shillingsworth.

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"The story of an ingenious robbery by three young boys was told to
the Stockport magistrates to-day.

"The magistrates ordered them to receive the birch, usual
way.--Reuter."--_Provincial Paper_.

It was kind of Reuter to add this detail.

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"It is understood an order has been issued for the demobilisation
of men called to the Colours under the last Military Service Act
after they had attained the age of 441."--_Provincial Paper_.

There can't be very many of them; still it is good to know that the
authorities have made a beginning.

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[Illustration: _The Knight-Errant._ "MY DEAR LADY, I HAVE THE
HAPPINESS OF RESCUING YOU FROM A GREAT PERIL."

_The Lady (indignantly)._ "HOW DARE YOU ADDRESS ME, SIR, WITHOUT A
PROPER INTRODUCTION?"

_The Knight-Errant._ "MADAM, IF YOU HAD SPOKEN SOONER I WOULD HAVE
ASKED OUR FRIEND HERE TO FULFIL THAT NECESSARY SOCIAL OBLIGATION."]

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HOW TO DINE WISELY--BUT NOT TOO WELL.

We are exceedingly pleased to note that our contemporary, _The Pall
Mall Gazette_, preaches frugality in the most practical manner
by providing a daily _menu_ card, with helpful comments on the
preparation of the viands. The time for an unrestricted dietary is
still far off, and it is a work of national importance to encourage
the thrifty use of what our contemporary calls "left-overs." Herein
we are only following ancient and honourable precedent, one of the
earliest lyrics in the language informing us that

"What they did not eat that day
The Queen next morning fried."

Our only fault with the _P.M.G._'s _chef_ is that he is inclined
to err on the side of generosity. The dinner for January 6th, for
instance, is composed of no fewer than four dishes, of which only one
is a "left-over." The bill of fare opens with "Kipper meat on toast";
it proceeds with a fine _cr