Give him pens and ink and paper, saying, "Write, Sir Novelist,

You are quite the biggest certainty that ever yet was known.

You may not write good grammar, or be careful how you spell,

But your mother wasn't splendid, so your books are sure to sell!"


Some amiable Statistician has recently been computing the amount of pills taken in England annually. He has omitted "Club-Pilling." The severe committee men are, pace Ibsen, the real Pillars of Society.