_Saturday._--How warm it is! Shall go for my holiday somewhere on the
sea. A month's cruise on the coast of Norway, perhaps.
_Sunday._--What a tremendous gale! Imagine a month of this on the sea.
Shall go inland, quite in the country--say to a cottage on Dartmoor.
_Monday._--What a dull day! Couldn't stand the country in this gloom.
Try Paris.
_Tuesday._--A glorious day. Very hot and sunny in Paris now. Shall go
to the Lakes.
_Wednesday._--Steady rain. Don't like the idea of the Lakes. Always
damp and depressing. In this sort of weather better be at Scarborough
or Brighton.
_Thursday._--Drizzle and mist. No doubt sea fog on coast. Hate sea fog.
Better go to a dry place abroad. How about North Italy?
_Friday._--What beastly dust everywhere! No good going to a dry, sunny
climate. Try Cornwall.
_Saturday._--Damp, close day. Couldn't stand much of this. Too
enervating. Shall go to the Alps--anywhere up high in the mountain air.
_Sunday._--Chilly for the time of year. Probably snowing on the Alps.
Very dismal, cowering over a stove in a Swiss inn. What a difficulty
this holiday is! Good idea! Will postpone it till the settled weather
in the winter.
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NEW ADAPTATION OF ANCIENT CHAFF TO THE DEFEATED
CANDIDATES.--"Does your mother know you're 'Out'?" [N.B.--What
view "mother" will take of it depends on "mother's" politics.]
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[Illustration: AFTER THE BATTLE.