THE LIMB AND THE LAW.—"To whom does an amputated limb belong?" queries the Standard (à propos of the case of the boy HOUSLEY, whose father demanded that the arm cut off in the Infirmary should be given up to him). The answer is clear. An amputated limb belongs to no body!
In Defence of the Great Paradoxist.
He may not be "earnest," he may not be "smart,"
You may say, if you please, he's unable to sing;
But, oh, you must own he's a "work of art,"—
A "beautiful untrue thing!"
ASPIRATIONS.—A Music-hall Manager told the Parliamentary Committee sitting on Theatres and Places of Entertainment, that he did not believe in Art with a capital A. Perhaps he believed in Art with a capital H?