"It's all right after all," she remarked cheerfully. "The stupid bird was on the curtain pole all the time. So lucky, because, if he had got out, it would have meant an awful bother. And, I say, is it true that they've caught a German spy down in the village?"
Salesman. "No, Sir, neither of these masks was made in Germany."
In aid of the Arts Fund for the relief of the many members of the artistic professions who are in distress owing to the War, a Matinée under the patronage of Queen Alexandra will be given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 3 o'clock. Mr. Thomas Beecham will produce Bach's Phœbus and Pan, and Mr. Granville Barker will produce Philip the King, a new play by Mr. John Masefield. Mr. Punch very heartily commends the cause to his readers.
Huntsman. "Blankety-blank that bloomin' Kaiser! I wish my 'ounds 'ad 'im!"