A bird-eating spider has just arrived at the Zoo. While its diet is commonly confined to quite small birds the animal is understood to have expressed extreme confidence in its ability to eat eagles, if only to show that its heart is in the right place.
"Germany's sea dogs," says the Berliner Tageblatt, "cannot content themselves much longer with merely showing their teeth." This is obviously unfair to Tirpitz's tars, most of whom have not hesitated to show their tails also.
The Kaiser at Headquarters lifted his glass to King Ferdinand, this being the kindliest way of intimating that he has Bulgaria on toast.
It is rumoured that the Government has offered the control of our anti-aircraft defences to the Office of Works, but that Mr. Lulu Harcourt has declined the responsibility, adding, however, that he will gladly repair any damage done by Zeppelins to the flower-beds in his department.
THE WORD OF A GERMAN.
Your troth was broken ere the trumpets blew;