A tramp, a mere tramp going about the country and setting fire to stacks, is not even he to be reckoned with in the order of things?
Professor (to novice during his first lesson). "What on earth are yer doin' over there? Yer know you'll 'ave to come an' do a bit of in-fighting if yer want to find my weak spot."
APRIL FOR THE EPICURE.
(An effort to emulate the gustatory enthusiasm of "The P.M.G.")
April, though regarded as somewhat suspect by meteorologists, appeals with a peculiar force to gastronomic experts, owing to the number of delicacies associated with the month.
Fish.
Oysters, like the poor, are still with us, but only till the end of the month; hence, ostreophils should make the most of their opportunities. But, besides the "king of crustaceans," as Colonel Newnham-Davis happily termed the oyster, the sea provides us with a quantity of other succulent denizens of the deep. Foremost among these is the turbot; a fish held in high honour since the time of the Roman emperors. Nor must we omit honourable mention of lobster, whitebait, mullet and eels. It is true that some people have an insuperable aversion from eels, but it is the mark of the enlightened feeder to conquer these prejudices. Besides, no one is asked to eat conger-eel at the best houses.