"An Englishman's place is by his own fireside," declares a writer in the Sunday Press. This is the first intimation we have received that Spring-cleaning is over.


A serious quarrel between two prominent Sinn Feiners is reported. It appears that one accused the other of being "no murderer."


The Commercial Bribery and Tipping Review, a new American publication, offers a prize of four pounds for the best article on "Why I believe barbers should not be tipped." The barbers claim that what they receive is not a tip, but the Price of Silence.


According to an evening paper, crowds can be seen in London every day waiting to go into the pit. Oh, if only they were miners!


"It is the last whisky at night which always overcomes me," said a defendant at the Guildhall. "A good plan," says a correspondent, "is to finish with the last whisky but one."