According to _The Globe_ Mr. YEO, in returning thanks after the Poplar
election, shouted to a female interrupter; "Shut up, you silly
cat, shut up!" To this, we understand, the cat retorted generously,
"My-Yeo!"
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The GABY DESLYS' tradition? Miss LOTTIE VENNE is appearing at the
Criterion in a _Pair of Silk Stockings_, and Miss MARY MOORE is
touring the provinces in _Mrs. Gorringe's Necklace_.
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The KAISER has forbidden the production at Herr REINHARDT'S Deutches
Theater of a play called _Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia_, on the ground
that one of the characters is a member of the Prussian Royal Family.
We ourselves should never have dared to hint that this fact renders
the play unfit for the public.
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Cheery notice on the window of an insurance office in New Broad
Street, E.C.:--
"GUARANTEES,
SICKNESS
COMBINED
WITH ACCIDENT."
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Dr. DURHAM lectured last week on Explosives as an aid to Gardening;
but many persons think that the quiet man who does not lose his temper
gets better results.
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Burglars, last week, broke into a synagogue at Newcastle-on-Tyne and
removed practically all the articles of value, including a silver cup
and a pointer. Surprise is expressed in some quarters that the pointer
should not have given the alarm by barking.
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Living artists sometimes complain that it is only the Old Masters who
are appreciated nowadays. Authors would seem to be more fortunate.
Take the following paragraph from _The Bedford Express_:--"On Sunday
the well-known elocutionist, Mr. FREDERICK DUXBURY, visited Stevenage.
He preached morning and evening at the Wesleyan Church, and in the
afternoon he gave a sacred recital. His principal item on Sunday
afternoon was Coulson Kernahan's 'God and the Ant,' but he included
one or two lesser pieces, including a chapter from the book of Job."
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It was stated last week in the Marylebone Police Court that there is
a gang of thieves in London who do not hesitate to steal motor-cars
whenever they find them unattended in the street. These scoundrels are
crafty enough not to pick up the cars and put them under their arm,
for they realise that this might attract attention, but they just jump
in and drive off.
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We are glad to note a renewed outcry against the unearthly noises made
by many motor-car hooters. If they must run over us, the least they
can do is to let us die in peace.
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[Illustration: _Dad_ (_who has brought his son to the links for the
first time_). "IS IT A GOOD LIE, HAROLD?"
_Harold_ (_unconsciously ranking himself with the Great_). "FATHER, I
CANNOT TELL A GOOD LIE."]
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It seems a pity that so little is done to encourage the growing love
of art among the criminal classes. The Italian gentleman who guarded
"La Gioconda" so carefully has not been so much as thanked for his
pains, and now it is stated that six persons have been arrested in
Paris and Brussels for removing art objects from the admittedly unsafe
custody of museums.
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Stout residents of Cornforth, Durham, having protested against the
narrowness of some of the gateways on the local paths, the parish
council has decided to widen them. It was found that this would be
more economical than to send these citizens to Marienbad to have their
bulk reduced.
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Publishers are continually making finds, and Messrs. DUCKWORTH AND CO.
have been peculiarly fortunate. In their current list they announce
the publication of "Lost Diaries" and "The Lost Road."
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"Sale of Votes by Women.