WIMMIN.
Behind wi' the sowin',
An' rent-day to meet,
For first time o' knowin'
John Buckham was beat;
Torpedoed an' swimmin'
An' fairly done in,
When someone said, "Wimmin
Would suit ye at Lynn."
Dal Midwood, at Mutcham,
Who runs by old rules,
Said, "John, don't 'ee touch em—
A pa'sel o' fules
Aye dabbin' an' trimmin'
Wi' powder an' pin;
No, don't 'ee have wimmin,
John Buckham, at Lynn."
Well, back wi' the sowin',
An' rent-day to meet,
I had to get goin'
Or own I were beat.
The banks needed trimmin';
The roots wasn't in;
'Twas either take wimmin
Or walk out o' Lynn.
They came. They was pretty
An' white o' the hand,
But good-heart an' gritty
An' chockful o' sand;
Wi' energy brimmin'
Right up to the chin—
An' that sort o' wimmin
Was welcome at Lynn.
At ploughin' they're able,
Or drainin' a fen,
They'll muck out a stable
As well as the men.
Their praises I'm hymnin',
For where would ha' bin,
If it weren't for the wimmin,
John Buckham, at Lynn?
W.H.O.
Mrs Green. to Mrs. Jones (who is gazing at an aeroplane). "My word! I shouldn't care for one of them flying things to settle on me."
"The Cairo Governorate has engaged white-washers to whiten plate-forms of points from which streets branch which will be compelled by the end of next week, before the commencement of the gaz lanterns decrease take place."—Egyptian Gazette.
The Sphinx has been requested to furnish an explanation.
Our Indomitables.
"THE ENGLISH GIRL.
Standing in Witness-Box without a Quiver.
Rose ——, sixty-seven, —— road, South Tottenham, a young girl, was a witness in a London county court when the boom of guns and detonation of bombs were heard."—Daily Paper.
Our English girls to-day are only as old as they feel.
"Mrs. A. Thomson writes a vigorous protest against the carelessness with which the W.F.L. resolution urging the Prime Minister to make Woman Suffrage an integral part of the Bill, was acknowledged on his behalf. The acknowledgment was as follows:—
'I am directed by the Prime Minister to acknowledge the receipt of the resolution which you have forwarded on the subject of the formation of a Maternity Department in the new Ministry of Health.'"—The Vote.
But was it carelessness, or humour?