Our Classical Advertisers.
"The trade-mark name of tins coat—'Aquascutum'—is a Latin word, and translated into our own good English, 'Aqua,' means water. 'Scutum' means to shed. There you are—Watershed."
Advt. in Canadian Paper.
"They belileve that an not inconsiderable number of dddeeeeeddlllllllcleeeeeece cw pavem ponnun ex-parte opinions are given for what they may be worth."
Manchester Paper.
For our part we belileve this estimate of the value of ex-parte opinions, of the kind indicated, to be sound, if rather scathing.
"In lieu of the February Sale and Spring Show, hitherto held in April, an important sale of pure-bred bulls will be held in the Show Grounds at Ballsbridge, on Thursday and Friday, 13th and 14th March."—Cork Examiner.
We trust the above specimen will be duly entered.
"After the act from Masks and Faces came the letter-reading, the murder and the sleepwalking scenes from Macbeth, with Miss Mary Anderson and Mr. Lyn Harding. Tragic poetry of this intensity, of course, knocks everything else endways."—Times.
Or, as SHAKSPEARE himself is said to have exclaimed, as he penned the last line of it, "That's the stuff to give 'em."
"There should also be mentioned the merchants' bank, Towarzystwo Pozyczkowe Przemyslowcow Miasta Poznania."
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society.
We have tried to mention it, but failed miserably.
"The Major then spoke of battles in which he had taken part. He had been wounded in the back leg and arm."—Evening News.
Bit of a dog, this Major.
"PROMOTION.-Rifleman P.R. Shand to be Sergeant Cock."—Ceylon Paper.
We hope Sergeant Cock was consulted about this.
"IS THAT AN OFFICIAL LETTER YOU ARE WRITING, MISS BROWN?"
"IT'S—SEMI-OFFICIAL, SIR."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SEMI-OFFICIAL?"
"WELL, SIR—IT'S TO AN OFFICER."