... variety theatre audiences. Ventri- loquism has a very able exponent in Mr Fred W. Millis, who, having seen service in his native land, Australia, is privileged to appear in the becoming uniform of the Queensland Mounted Rifles presented to him by his comrades ...

... which repre- sented him as a half-pay lieutenant in the Army. Rusibrook had contrived to mystify even the solicitor as to his situation in life; be stated to him that he had retired from the Army, and lived upon the Government allowance; and it was in ...

... the other girls. Boy Blue organises a juvenile army to pro- ceed to her rescue, and the Demon King endeavours to terrify them in his Reptile Hall by showing his command over another more formidable army composed of Indescribables. The victory is, however ...

... hunting for a lost heiress. They find a clue to her with the supposed father of Dot. She is the one. Then an emotional young woman, who holds the estate, turns up accompanied with a homicidal servant. They determine to do away with Dot in a manner sufficiently ...

... refuses the commission, reproaches Nell for having deceived l1im, and is lectured by her with all the superior wisdom of a woman of the world. Simon's affections revert to Barbara, who, at Dover Castle, where Charles 11. isreceiving his sister, Henriettatof ...

... Questions of the Day and Changes we all like to see. A warm welcome was given to Miss Laura Fay, who contributed her Army song, and appeared as the young seapegrace who is fond of saying I can't, shan't, don't, won't, and I will be an impudent ...

... The Of conversation sooni points to the fact that Ethel is in up love with Mrs Arnott's son, Edward, a lieutenant in the ful army, who has been decorated with the Victoria Cross; is I and that Moyna is particularly sweet upon an Irish boy, Larry O'Donovan ...

... those barren. heights; lie might probably still embark his army with but little loss,-amsd the sooner it was effected the better. But how very difli:rent were the relative situations of the armies now Opposed! By personal observation, the Prince of Essling ...

... nineteen years later at Winchester, in the drawing-room of Mrs Drummond, a widow and the mother of Philip Drummond, a young army surgeon, who is in love with Mr Cuth- hurt's daughter, Helen. now a graceful girl of about twenty, who, with Dorothy Drummond ...

... PALACE. There are many successful and enterprising women connected with the management of muslc hallo and thest -es inl Eng~land and none are more entitled to the supjturt of the Rme ininntgofione public than Mrs J. J. Pool, of tireat Suth London. At the ...

... power of delineating womanhood. Ouida goes so far as to say that Mr Charles Reade has never by any chance drawn a gentle- woman. What will the author of ?? Too Late to Mled say to that ? Ouida does not hesitate to praise some of his fenale characters; ...

... -During a marriage ceremony the bride was so. biug immoderately while the knot was being tied. What is ths matter, my young woman ? asked the official. Oh, sir, replied the bride, it's because it's for ever ! No, no, rejoined the par son, that's ...