What was Adelaide saying?  One must give cheerfully and not regret the gift? Surtout il ne faut pas verser une larme!

So, hugging her doll, Jeanne returned to the mirror and added, smiling, “Avec sa-tis-fac-ti-on!”

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[Illustration:  Officer’s Servant (replying to adverse criticism of war-worn charger).  “I ’EARD THE GUVNOR SAY THERE WAS THREE ’UNDRED QUID REFUSED FOR ’IM BEFORE THE WAR.  WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?”

Jock.  “WEEL, I’M THENKIN’ THERE WAS TWA FOOLS MET THAT DAY, AND I DINNA KEN WHICH O’ THEM WAS THE BIGGER.”]

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“Prospects in English Literature. 
III.—­Looking Backward.”—­The Athenaeum.

We trust this is only preliminary to a further advance.

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“Shepherds in Scotland are feeding lambs with whisky and
hot milk.  Many titled landed proprietors are acting as
shepherds.”—­Daily News.

Surely our Radical contemporary does not mean to suggest—­

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FAIRIES.

There are fairies at the bottom of our garden! 
It’s not so very, very far away;
You pass the gardener’s shed and you just keep straight ahead;
I do so hope they’ve really come to stay. 
There’s a little wood, with moss in it and beetles,
And a little stream that quietly runs through;
You wouldn’t think they’d dare to come merrymaking there—­
Well, they do.

There are fairies at the bottom of our garden! 
They often have a dance on summer nights;
The butterflies and bees make a lovely little breeze,
And the rabbits stand about and hold the lights. 
Did you know that they could sit upon the moonbeams
And pick a little star to make a fan,
And dance away up there in the middle of the air? 
Well, they can.

There are fairies at the bottom of our garden! 
You cannot think how beautiful they are;
They all stand up and sing when the Fairy Queen and King
Come gently floating down upon their car. 
The King is very proud and very handsome;
The Queen—­now can you guess who that could be
(She’s a little girl all day, but at night she steals away)?—­
Well—­it’s ME!

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“Young Lady Wanted, for few months, as Companion-Help
(seaside); fare paid and 6d. week pocket-money; or would
train Girl as Housemaid, same terms.”—­Provincial Paper.

Such extravagance in war-time ought to be checked.

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    “SHADY GERMAN TRICK.

“In the village of Boisleux-au-Mout the Germans utilised part of the cemetery to bury their own dead, but before doing so deliberately hewed down every tree growing on the side of the ground where the French graves lie.”—­Daily Paper.

Is “shady” quite the right word for this outrage?