d then spreads himself on any old far-off thing that
interests him, such as the theatre, perhaps a little self-consciously
and with a pleasant air of swagger most forgivable and, indeed,
enjoyable. His chief preoccupation is with art and letters, it is clear;
but, turning from them to the handling of urgent things and difficult
men, he faces the business manfully. Of the men in particular he has
illuminating things to say, redounding to their credit and, by
implication, to his. To those who appreciate form in penwork this book
may be safely recommended.

* * * * *

The Welcome.

"Mr. F.H. ----, the newly co-opted member of the Hampstead Board
of Guardians, attended his first meeting of the Board on
Thursday, and lost his umbrella."--_Hampstead and Highgate
Express._

* * * * *

"BEET COMMISSION CONCLUDES BUSINESS.

Petrograd, July 9.--Except for a few final conferences with the
members of the Russian Government, the work here of the Root
Commission virtually has been concluded."

_The Daily Gleaner (Jamaica)._

How headlines jump to conclusions! The Hon. ELIHU ROOT is, we feel
confident, anything but beet.

* * * * *

From a Parish Magazine:--

"BOY SCOUTS.--The troop held their annual sports on Saturday....
The burden of arrangements for all fell upon the Scoutmaster
(Rev. ----), and showed how great is the need for him to have
some capable assistants."

Still, was it quite tactful to say so?

End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol.
153, Aug 15, 1917, by Various

*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH, VOL. 153 ***

***** This file should be named 11169.txt or 11169.zip *****
This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:
http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/1/6/11169/

Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Punch, Sandra Brown
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions
will be renamed.

Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no
one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation
(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without
permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules,
set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to
copyin