... As depicted by our Special Artist 1. Sequel to the remarks made by M. Chirac on the authorship of Franipllon. A condemned man informs the astounded Judge that he is the real author of La Dame aux Camelias. 2. Lt Entente Cordiale Suggestion for an Anglo-French Christmas Tree appropriate for both sides of the Channel. 3. Humberts for ever A certain celebrity, hearing that among the Humbert ...

... An Interview with Consul I was introduced to Consul (writes an artist) in his dressing- room. He went through the prescribed formality wkh a most sagacious expression in his dark sparkling eyes. He was smoking a cigarette by the way, he prefers Americans I mean cigarettes, of course. I made several sketches of him while other visitors endeavoured to keep him in the desired pose by amusing him ...

... f Tke j BYSTANDER'S (ji -5s JNOTTAJ Wednesday, December 9, 1903 IN the eyes of a busy world intent upon its own concerns, the birth of a new journal is a small matter: there are, indeed, so many periodicals of every shape and size, of every shade of opinion and subject, that it would seem hardly possible to produce to-day a journal which should be general in its interests and yet strike a ...

... Impressions from The Cricket on the Hearth, at the Garrick Theatre j' ...

... THE WORLD OF K The Dainty Art of Charles Conder ONE of the most interesting exhibitions in the region of Bond Street just now is a small show of fans at the Dutch Gallery by Charles Conder, whose art is all his own-- indeed his very methods are quite apart from the work of other hands. I have often wondered that some art publisher has not secured his marvellous designs for reproduction, and so ...

... The|l Harbour8 of Refuge Ps.wJ BY OUR HOPELESS OPTIMIST Those whom the Gods love-- are always young. FOR what we are about to receive-- hot sausages again-- Carmichael! Sir. Hot sausages, idiot. Is my digestion to be ruined because a man with two feet and one arm in the grave oh, good morning, Adam. I ventured to interpose, There are eggs. Fifteen stone of Adam sat down breezily in a ...

... By ALLEN INGLIS ■t-- a-- gj-- m-- --EOH I I I WHETHER Phœbus has lost another son or has had his attention diverted (as is his way) by the superior beauties of some other country I cannot venture to say, but certain it is that for nearly a fortnight he has hardly shown his face in this part of the world. Possibly Diana has been complaining to him about the electric light. Anyhow, I hope ...

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... MONDAY.-- A bosom friend took me the other week o attend a dinner given at the Prince's Restaurant in aid of the Incurable Home for Children. The Duke of Connaught was in the chair, and made a speech in a most elegant and charming manner, which made me whisper irreverently to my companion that I liked his grace after meals. There were some capital frocks in the room, but I was so ab sorbed in ...

... By Problematicus BRIDGE has already established its position so firmly amongst us as a recreation of the worker and a pastime of the leisured that it demands recognition as an important factor in the social life of to-day. You may abuse it if you will as a destroyer of conversation, or praise it as an interrupter of scandal, but in either case you admit its importance, and there is no need to ...

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... The Fair Enthusiast Drawn by C. Fleming Williams ...