TERBOX.'

A reader of _Chatterbox_ has devised an original suit of clothing, shown
in the illustration. It is made entirely of sheets of _Chatterbox_,
gummed together and fitted to the body like an ordinary cloth suit. The
sheets on the front of the coat are all coloured plates, so that the
suit looked much brighter than our every-day wear.

[Illustration: A "Chatterbox" Costume.]

This strange apparel was made by Mr. H. H. Neal, of Leatherhead, and it
has caused much amusement and interest. At a 'costume race' held at some
athletic sports, the suit took the special prize for the best costume.

THE TIMID MOUSE.

A mouse was kept in such distress by its fear of a cat, that a magician,
taking pity on it, turned it into a cat. Immediately it began to suffer
from fear of a dog; so the magician turned it into a dog. Then it began
to suffer from fear of a tiger, and the magician, in disgust, said, 'Be
a mouse again. As you have only the heart of a mouse, it is impossible
to help you by giving you the body of a noble animal.'

It is hopeless to try to accomplish anything without pluck.

THE UNION JACK.

What is the very first thing we talk of doing when we hear that the King
is coming to pay a visit in our neighbourhood? I fancy I can hear every
boy and girl answer at once, 'Why, hang out all our flags, of course!'
But how many of us know anything about the most famous of all these
flags--the Union Jack?

[Illustration: Fig. 1.--First Union Jack.]

[Illustration: Fig. 2.--English Flag of St. George.]

In the first place, it is called 'Union' because it is really three
flags united in one; and 'Jack' after King James (Jacques) who ordered
the first Union Jack (fig. 1) to be made, to stop the quarrels between
the English and Scotch over their flags of St. George (fig. 2) and St.
Andrew (fig. 3), each country naturally wanting its own flag to occupy
the first place. In this flag, the red St. George, with a narrow border
of white, to show the colour of its field, is placed over the white St.
Andrew, which keeps its own blue field.

[Illustration: Fig. 4.--Irish Flag of St. Patrick.]

[Illustration: Fig. 5.--Our Union Jack of To-day.]

[Illustration: Fig. 3.--Scotch Flag of St. Andrew.]

But when Ireland was united to England in 1801, we had to ask our
Heralds' Office to design a fresh flag, to include the Irish national
flag of St. Patrick (fig. 4).

This they managed very neatly by taking away