Morning Thought.
(By a chilly Autumn Guest at a Country House.)
GR-R-R-R! No fire in the grate—for our hostess is thrifty—
Although the thermometer stands below fifty!
Well, I wish to be courteous and sober;
But the biggest of pests is that pig of a host—
In a climate like ours, too!—who makes it his boast
That "he never starts fires till October!"
A Good Kick-off.—The "Rugby" decision against "professional" football. Let us hope it will be followed by an equally energetic "kick-out" of the growing "rowdy" element in this popular, if somewhat over-praised, "National game." All good sportsmen long to see a "penalty kick" administered to blackguardism in the football field.
