[The Vice-Chairman of No. 1 Committee of the League of Nations,
dealing with general organisation, is Mr. WELLINGTON KOO, the
distinguished Chinese diplomatist.]
Serene and Celestial Sage,
How well you revive and renew
The delights of an age when good "Bab" was the rage--
Eminent WELLINGTON KOO!
For I feel, though I may be a fool,
You were reared in remote Rum-ti-Foo,
Maybe suffered at school its episcopal rule--
Tolerant WELLINGTON KOO.
Next I see you adorning the scene
In the city of fair Titipu,
Garbed in green and in gold, very fine to behold--
Sumptuous WELLINGTON KOO.
Then you probably met _Captain Reece_
And all his affectionate crew,
Who knew no decrease of their comfort and peace--
Nautical WELLINGTON KOO.
_Clonglocketty Angus McClan_
I fear was withheld from your view;
That unfortunate man was not fated to scan
Fortunate WELLINGTON KOO.
But my reason instinctively tells
It was you who contrived to imbue
With his knowledge of spells _John Wellington Wells_--
Magical WELLINGTON KOO.
"Morality, heavenly link,"
I'm sure you will never taboo,
Though to it I don't think you'll "eternally drink"--
Temperate WELLINGTON KOO.
It is rather malicious, I own,
To play with a name that is true,
But I hope you'll condone my irreverent tone--
Generous WELLINGTON KOO.
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"ROYAL EXILES.
Some archdukes have become clerks, and many have become
governesses and ladies' maids."--_Tasmanian Paper._
For these last two posts, their archness would, we think, be an
irresistible qualification.
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"NURSES WANTED.