"That's all right," I replied. "Tear it up."

And I came away, feeling, with a certain glow of satisfaction not
unmixed with self-righteousness, that I had done something to raise
the post-office standard and to ensure better attention. But the joke
is that, if I had myself received better attention, I should have lost
thirty pounds, for St. Vitus was unplaced. This story must therefore
remain without a moral.

E.V.L.

* * * * *

=Notice in a Shop Window.=

"Hats made to order, or revenerated."


Ah! that's what's wanted so badly to-day for the headgear of the
Higher Clergy.

* * * * *

"V.C.W. Jupp, the Sussex amateur, has been invited to become a
member of the M.C.C. team, which leaves for Australia on Saturday.
A fine all-round cricketer, Jupp is a useful man to any team,
but as he usually fields cover-point his inclusion would not
necessarily improve the side in its weakest point--_viz._, the
lack of oilfields."--_Daily Paper._