Joseph's Coat.
["There is a Chinese regiment which enjoys the terrible and glorious appellation of 'The Tiger-Braves.' They are dressed in coats covered with spots to resemble the skin of the animal from which they take their name.... The Government are a regiment of Tiger-Braves."—Mr. Chamberlain at Birmingham.]
Joe, who should know all about "beasts" and "caves,"
Now calls his whilom colleagues "Tiger-Braves."
Well, his own coat bears strange new Party blots,
He is a leopard who has "changed his spots."
Delightful Programme.—We see that Mr. Charles Reddie advertises a morning concert for June 11 at Prince's Hall. The audience will be there, and he will be always "Reddie, aye Reddie." Exhausted after playing, he will re-appear and be Reddie-vivus; and, in fact, there is a perfect store of puns on his name which must have frequently occurred to himself as a Reddie-witted person. That he is to be assisted by M. Emil Sauret on the violin no one will be Sauret to hear; and that William Shakespeare gives his name and presence on this occasion will make the concert ever memorable. Concert under direction of ubiquitous Daniel Mayer, in himself Mayer and Corporation of musical world.
City Intelligence.—In view of the French President's accepting an invitation from the Lord Mayor, the Common Councillors are daily practising a bacchanalian chorus, in harmony, of which the words are:—
"Faure! he's a jolly good fellow,
And so say all of us!"
Lyceum Advertisement.—"King Arthur"—Sir Henry Irving. Knightly performance.
Motto for Earl's Court Exhibition.—Open for "Wheel or Woe!"
Combined Display of all Arms.—A soirée dansante during the season.
"What makes you think he cares for you?"
"Why, Mamma talked to him for more than an Hour last evening, and he really seemed to enjoy it!"