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SO SOON FORGOT.

[A cinema has been showing a picture of M. PADEREWSKI, bearing
the legend, "The new President of Poland: once a world-famed
violinist."]

The President of POLAND
Was born to place and power;
Yet, ere he found his mission
In filling this position,
He was a great musician--
Men say so to this hour.
But, dash it! while the whole land
Admits his old repute,
It wonders, "Did this fellow,
At whom Queen's Hall would bellow,
Perform upon the 'cello,
Or did he play the flute?"

The day AUGUSTUS JOHN is
Created Duke of Wales,
His countrymen will never
Stop boasting of how clever
He is at Art, whatever
(Though Burlington still rails).
But one small detail gone is
From their forgetful nuts;