And so, poor old boy, 'tis a blessing
You're off, with a tear in your eye.
Like soft hearts and simple caressing,
You're vulgar! Good-bye!
Strange Omen.—Sir Frank Lockwood, Solicitor-General, was "entertained," says the Daily Telegraph, "to dinner"—(observe, not "entertained at dinner"; perhaps he had to do the entertaining, then)—"at the House of Commons, his host, Mr. John Aird" (always a host in himself), "being a Conservative," while the other guests were either Conservatives or Unionists. Daniel in the lions' den is the parallel that arises to everyone's mind; but in this instance Daniel actually dined with the lions, and probably felt none the worse for the "feast of reason and the flow of soul."
We haven't as yet seen An Artist's Model at Daly's, but as the piece seems to depend for its "go" mainly on the music composed for it by Mr. Owen Hall (to clever lyrics by Mr. Greenbank), it would not be unfair to say that it is to its music it is Owen Hall its success.
Anticipatory.—Should Henry Irving, as the acknowledged leading representative of the Histrionic side of Dramatic Art in this country, receive the honour of knighthood, the Lyceum bill might be headed, "Great Success! First Knight!"