[Illustration: Extremes Meet.]
_January to March_.--Soldiers on leave. Sailors at sea. Civil Servants
reading the morning paper.
_April to June_.--Soldiers at play. Sailors in harbour. Civil Servants
reading the morning paper.
_July to September_.--Soldiers at sea (autumn manoeuvres). Sailors at
play (_ditto_). Civil Servants away (_ditto_).
_October to December_.--Soldiers on leave. Sailors at sea. Civil
Servants reading the morning paper.
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[Illustration: FOLLIES OF THE YEAR.]
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