Mr. P. "WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ YOU LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE, SIR?"

Rt. Hon. Arthur Welleslee Peel (drowsily). "ORDER! ORDER!!"

["The original arrangement that Mr. Peel shall retire on the eve of the Easter holidays still holds good."—Times, March 16.


"Well, how did the New Play go off last night?"

"Oh, there was a Sleep-walking Scene in the Third Act that was rather effective."

"À la Lady Macbeth, eh?"

"Well—not exactly. It was the Audience that got up in its Sleep and walked out!"