HOW, WHY AND WHAT.

(Being the Tragedy of the Conscientious Inquirer who fell among Philistines.)

There was an old man who said, "How

Can I link the To-Be with the Now?"

But they said, "Poor old thing!

You've been reading Dean Inge,

And you're not high enough in the brow."

But in spite of this check he said, "Why

Is my Ego the same as my I?"

So they put him to bed

And placed ice on his head

till the cerebral storm had passed by.

Now I'm told he is asking them, "What

Use has psycho-analysis got?"

And they answer, "N.E.

If you're not an M.D.,

Or a novelist minus a plot."

"A cargo of 800 German pianos arrived at the Tyne from Hamburg on Saturday."

Daily Paper.

Another key industry in danger.

The figure of the little girl was sketched on the morning of his death. The legend which this picture was to illustrate is not known.