Our private telephone will be fixed by next week. I forget how much Joan reckons we shall save by it.


Rev. Brown. "I'm afraid, my dear young lady, I know very little of agricultural matters; in fact I don't know the difference between a mangel and a wurzel."


THE PASSING OF THE COW.

[The Soya bean, grown in Japan, Korea and Manchuria, is said to provide a perfect substitute for milk.]

Tout lasse, tout casse, tout passe:

All mortal flesh is grass,