THE SONG THAT BROKE MY HEART.

I paused in a crowded street,

I only desired to ride—

Only to wait for a Hammersmith 'bus

With room for myself outside;

When I caught the nastiest tune

My ear had ever heard,

And asked the Police to take it away,

But never a man of them stirred.

So the singer still sang on;

She would not, would not go;

She sang a song of the year before last

That struck me as rather low.

She followed with one that was high,

That made the tear-drops start,

That was "Hi-tiddly-i-ti! Hi!-ti!-hi!"

The song that broke my heart!


WHAT is A "DEMOGRAPHER"?—Those Londoners who ask this question will have already obtained a practical answer, as, this week, London is full of Demographers, to whom Mr. Punch, Grand Master of all Demographers (or "writers for the people"), gives a hearty welcome. All hail to "The New Demogracy!"