... The Right Remark with the right intent Is a -wonderful thing, forsooth. Rut it breeds antipathy and dissent If it hasn't the ring of truth. Noiv honestly, dear, you -weren't to blame. It's only because she's shy. It's only a scratch. It's only a game!. (It's only a dirty lie.) Oh sir, you aren't in the least bit old! Of course you can bring the dogs Considering, she was as good as ...

... I planned a wife of sweet docility Meek as a moth (the candle being me She'd be a background to my shining self, She'd be so grateful to escape the shelf And, quietly busy with her household cares, Attend my wants, cock snook to world affairs, She'd never make up in a public place Why, powder scarce should film her candid face My changeling love is busy at her glass (We're late but I have ...

... In verse the rose is the sup reme floral species, invaluable for likening heroines to. From the vast poetry of roses, we select: A WHITE ROSE The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; Oh, the red rose is a falcon And the white rose is a dove. But I send you a cream-white rosebud With a flush on its petal tips; For the love that is purest and sweetest Has a kiss of ...

... Tlw d^k Social M Alphabet for Question Answer Now, Sir, sit down and have a drink, No, that's the better chair oh. -well A little -warmer, don't you think? This is complete and utter Hell, The knees are -wax, the brain is pulp. I -wondered if you'd sort of {cough) If you object, of course 1 (gulp) Iladn't I better call it off Which -what I were to ask about Mop brow, smile weakly, start ...

... The Social I Alphabet 0 for the wings of a dove I have you fast by the buttonhole Your groans will not avail, So pull up a chair, and stretch your ears And hark to a traveller's tale. We caught the bus from the terminal At a quarter to frosty four; They'd given us tea (to cheer our hearts) And bacon and eggs galore. Two hours of Hell on die Great West Road, And the airport hove to view. So we ...

... During the first quarter of the financial year a revenue surplus of 234.000.000 has been achieved over expenditure it is a very happy state of affairs. Dr. Hugh Dalton Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir Stafford Cripps President of the Board of Trade, estimates that by slashing newsprint imports he will save in twelve months between £2,000,000 £3,000,000 north of dollars. If we had made a ...

... HISTORICAL FOOTISOTE A hapless wight Was King Canute His demonstration Bore no fruit. Because he would not Move his seat Of course he wet The royal feet. And though the story Wasn't told, He must have caught A royal cold. --PRENDERGAST ...

... The Social Alphabet 7 I J for zero hour Living only for the present, IIoiv much longer can we stay Silting tense around the table While the seconds tick away Time to tell another story, Time for one more cigarette, Time for just a little drink it Can't be time for leaving yet. Warm the fire, and soft the comfort; Semi-consciously we cling To the short, sweet, passing moment. Let us keep this ...

... Who ne'er with tears lias ate his bread, Who ne'er through nights for hours on hours Has sat and wept upon his bed, j He knows you not, ye heavenly powers. Ye lead us onward into life. Ye leave Us free 111 sinful ways to go, Then yield us up to suffer and to grieve, For every sin s avenged even here below. Goethk. I Front an original painting by 1: Cay Icy Robinson ...

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... The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. Save that from yonder ivy-mantled ...

... Supposing Fairyland went dry If nectar were prohibited Think how the fairy folk would sigh Supposing Fairyland went dry The heather cups would droop and die, Or languish unemployed instead Supposing Fairyland went dry, If nectar were prohibited. Leslie M. Oyler ...