The appearance in Bond Street last week of a lady leading a little pig instead of a dog as a pet is being widely discussed in canine circles, though it has not yet been decided what action, if any, shall be taken. In view of the fact that so many dogs are pigs it is possible that no objection will be raised to one pig being a dog.
By the way, The Daily Chronicle was not quite correct when, in describing the recent "Dog Feast," in which the Shepherds Bush Indians were alleged to have participated, it used the expression "pow-wow." Owing to the action of the Canine Defence League a sheep was roasted and not a pow-wow.
A motor-bus ran into a barber's shop in Gray's Inn Road last week, and three customers had a close shave.
Some burglars recently blew open with gelignite the safe of a Holborn jeweller containing £1,000 worth of gems, and, as the jewels are missing, the police incline to the view that the object of the men must have been robbery.
Asked by The Express for a suggestion for a motto for the L.C.C., Mr. H. de Vere Stacpoole sent the reply, "My word is sovereign." It is good to know that this delightful writer can command an even higher rate of pay than did Mr. Rudyard Kipling at the height of his popularity.