THINGS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN.

That the notorious King Belshazzar

Was noted as the earliest Jazzer;

That, on the contrary, Zerubbabel

Was most exclusive and unclubbable;

That Romulus and brother Remus

Were not so tall as Polyphemus;

That the one weakness of Calypso

Was what is briefly known as "dipso;"

That Clodius, very long ago,

First bore the nickname of "Old Clo;"

That the illustrious Palestrina

Did not invent the concertina;

That Wagner's methods in Tannhäuser

Never appealed to Mrs. Poyser;

That the Albanian Prenk Bib Doda

Prefers his whisky minus soda;

That good Professor Flinders Petrie

Did not discover Sacha Guitry.