"SCRUTATOR TEMPORIS ACTI."--You are not the only one who holds that
Parliament could not be better or more patriotically occupied at the
present stage of the War than in devoting their energies to a discussion of
the Report of the Dardanelles Commission and the detailed evidence on which
it was based. We understand that your view is shared by all the keenest
patriots among the Central Powers.
"TUBER CAIN."--The earliest poet to sing of rationing was WILLIAM MORRIS,
who repeatedly described himself as "The idle singer of an empty day."
"A LOVER OF 'BUSTER BROWN.'"--We gladly gave publicity to your indignant
denial of any tribal relationship between "Buster Brown" and Filibuster
STONE.
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"Miss Adela Pankhurst attempted to-day at the Midland Junction, a
strong Labour centre, to deliver a lecture directed against Mr. Lloyd
George and Mr. Hughes.
The audience sang her down with 'Rule Britannia' and 'Australia 5s. a
box."--_Pall Mall Gazette_.
The latter song, no doubt, alluding to the entrance-fee charged by the
famous Boxing Kangaroo.
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[Illustration: CENTRAL ISOLATION.