"The Ghizeh Museum."—A question has been asked in the Times as to why the name of Professor Petrie has been omitted from the Commission for the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities. The answer, whether satisfactory or not, is that considering the overwhelming learning on this special subject of the distinguished Professor it is probable that the energies of the other members would be "Petrie-fied."
Motto for Horrid Cold Weather.—"Bed's the Best."
MRS. BLOOMER.
["The news of the death of Mrs. Bloomer, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, revives many memories of a distant past."—Daily Graphic.]
So Mrs. Bloomer's gone! but let her name
Once more appear in Mr. Punch's pages.
'Twas long ago, almost the Middle Ages,