Incidentally he was engaged to Eric’s sister, but abandoned her without a qualm for the beringed hand of one Mrs. Meldrum, a rich widow, known as The B.Q. (Biscuit Queen).  Need I say that Mrs. Meldrum, moving in these circles, and with ambitions as an art patroness, lived in Cheyne Walk?  Indeed the setting of the whole comedy is inevitably Chelsea.  Having regard to the number of bad hats among the dramatis personae, you will probably not be astonished to be told that their goings-on are excellently entertaining; though I cannot but think that to give both his leading lady and his soubrette, or Singing Chambermaid, the handicap of morally deficient young brothers, does look like laziness on the part of Mr. CAINE.  Surely there exist other avenues to calamity.  But it’s an amusing rogues’ comedy.

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[Illustration:  UNPUBLISHED INCIDENTS IN ANCIENT HISTORY.  PANOPEUS EXPLAINS HIS MODEL AT THE WAR OFFICE, ATHENS, DURING THE TROJAN WAR.]

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FOR THE SAVING OF CHILD-LIFE.

Mr. G.K.  CHESTERTON will lecture on “How Dickens’ tales came true,” on Friday, December 14th, at 3 o’clock, at 20, Arlington Street (kindly lent by the Marchioness of Salisbury), in aid of the Kentish Town Day Nursery.  Tickets, L1 1s. 0d., 10s. 6d., 7s. 6d., may be obtained from Countess GREY, of Chester Street, N.W.1.