As You Were.
"Blow to Narkets. Rise of nearly 400 points. Cotton jump. Germany's note breaks the market." —Liverpool Echo, Feb. 1.
"Blow to Markets. Fall of nearly 400 points. Cotton slump." —Same Paper, Later Edition.
In spite of this sensational transformation of a jump into a slump we are glad to see that typographically at any rate the markets had recovered a little from their early derangement.
"Supposing a man has porridge and bacon for breakfast and a cut from the point or a shop or steak for luncheon he may find that he has consumed his meat allowance for the day." —Daily Mail (Manchester Edition).
Is not the food problem sufficiently difficult already without these additional complications? The man who wants a whole shop for his luncheon will get no sympathy from us.
From a list of Canon Masterman's lectures on "The War and the Smaller Nations of Europe":—
"April 2nd (possibly), 'The Reconstruction of Europe.'"—Western Morning News.
We commend the lecturer's caution, but hope it will prove to have been superfluous.
This is not a scene from a revue—it is hardly dull enough for that—but an everyday performance on the platform of any railway station during the recent cold spell.