... - As seen by PHil Ma.y. PHRENOLOGY AT YARMOUTH PHil M^y. ...

... Miss Lo\iie Freear in A Chinese Honeymoon. Miss Louie Freear has made a great hit as a slavey in A Chinese Honeymoon at the Strand. In this picture Mr, Buchel has caught her in one of those moods of incredulity which she always makes so amusing .'DRAWN BY C. A. BUCHEL ...

... BEST POLICY. A COMPLETE STORY. By W. Pett Ridge. This story that James told me the other afternoon down at Edmonton-- James has cost the Strand Board of Guardians, boy and man, a pretty penny-- I have taken the trouble to verify, and I am rather astonished to find that it has the virtue of comparative accuracy-- so easy it is in this world to waver from a line of conduct. Honesty the best ...

... ff \r x-- . A A D In spite of fogs and untempting weather generally London is looking quite gay again, and quite a little season is beginning. There is always a whirl of carriages in Bond Street and round Knights- bridge and many smart people are afoot in the morning, no doubt chiefly bent on shopping. One hears con tinually that trade is bad and money tight, and so on, but certainly there ...

... Deal Lervo on. Kis wa.y to Sandringham. On i uesday last week, by command of the King, Dan Leno gave one of his inimitable performances at Sandringham ...

... . QUASIMODO AND ESMERALDA IN THE TURRET AT NOTRE DAME The Shadow Dance is a transcript by Mr. Ben Landeck of Victor Hugo's great story, Noire Dame de Faris. This picture shows Esmeralda, the gipsy dancer Miss Edith Cartwright), immured in one of the turrets of Notre Dame, where she meets the poor hunchback, Quasimodo (played by her father. Mr. Charles Cartwright) DRAWN BY C. A. BUCHEL ...

... This picture, by Mr. Arthur Lrummond, is on exhibition at Mr. Cadbury Jones's Gallery, 13, New Burlington Street. Mr. Jones will publish a mezzotint engraving. In the upper part of the picture the late Queen is seated on her throne surrounded by all her most distinguished subjects. Below King Edward is seated, and here we have presentations of eminent contemporaries, including Lord Salisbury ...

... THE HUMOUR. OF LIFE-- -As seen by PKil May. The Vicar I don't see your husband at church now so often Mrs. Miggs: Well, no, sir; you see he's enjoying very bad 'ealth PKil May. ...

... r-- . N v.. Hitberto I have allowed the sun and the winds to work their own wild will with my complexion, being under a common impression that little was to be done in the way of improvement to the skin, that fresh air and plenty of soap and water formed the one and only prescription. Now I am converted. A visit to Madame Pomeroy has convinced me of my error, for only one treat ment has so ...

... THE HUMOUR- OF LIFE-- As seen by Phil May. WERE YE THERE, MORIARTY Sal Did yer bloke tike yer aout on Sunday, Liza Liza Na-a-aw I went aout by meself wiv somebody else. ...

... . The Vaudeville company were the first theatrical troupe to be honoured by King Edward, for they were commanded to Sa.ndringham on November 26 and gave Scrooge and Papa's Wife on the occasion of Princess Charles of Denmark's birthday DRAWN BY TOM BROWNE ...

... JOTTINGS OF A JOURNALIST-- At Public Dinners. A journalist has to dine out a great many times in a year in one or other capacity-- it may be his business to report the speeches, in which case you will find him placed not under his own name but under the title of his paper on the plan of tables. How well do I know these gentlemen; sometimes there are a good dozen of them. If one turns up very ...