ation, will you kindly tell me the name of your Solicitor?

_Editor._ Certainly.

[_Gives the requisite information, and returns to his work, until
interrupted by_ Second Solicitor, _who has taken the place of the First._

_Second Solor._ I am afraid this interview is absolutely useless. Our
client can accept no apology. You announced that you believed that JOHN
SNOOKS had ceased to be in the employment of the Universal Cab and Fly
Company.

_Editor._ Who is John SNOOKS?

_Second Solor._ He is a driver in the service of the organisation I have
just named--and we act for the organisation. We complain that you have
seriously injured us by telling the public that you believed we had lost
the services of one of our thousand drivers.

_Editor._ But if we _did_ believe it?

_Second Solor._ That is your business and not ours; and so, Sir, we shall
be glad of the names of your Solicitors.

[_The information is afforded, and the_ Editor _returns to his work, until
interrupted by_ Third Solicitor.

_Third Solor._ Sorry to disturb you, but you have been libelling one of our
clients. He objects to your putting his Christian name in the paper--says
that even with another surname it will injure him with his neighbours. He
doesn't want his Christian name to be figuring in the public prints.

_Ed._ And what is his Christian name?

_Third Solor._ ZOZIMUS.

_Ed._ Why, that is mine! I thought I was the only man in the world with
that name, with the solitary exception of my godfather!

_Third Solor._ Very likely you are--your godfather is our client.

_Ed._ Then mustn't I print my own name?

_Third Solor._ Certainly not without running the risk of an action for
libel. The address of your Solicitors, please?

[_The_ Editor _gives the desired information, and then sends up "the
Pleasure of Editing" to the Composing Room as a line for the Contents Bill
as the Scene closes in._

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An Elevating Exhibition.

At the Alhambra, the Little GEORGIA MAGNET ought to attract thousands.
Three heavy swells seated on a chair she can lift, chair and all, so that
the little lady's exhibition of power must have a wonderfully elevating
effect on all who come within the reach of her influence. At all events,
there can be no doubt that her magnetic force will give the Alhambra itself
a tremendous lift.

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"I can't write seasonable verses," replied Our Festiv