We were very pleased to send to his hospital address to-day a postcard bearing the maker's explanation that a .45 revolver bullet, and not a 45 millimetre shell, was meant.

As regards the jam question, Jerry, the fault of the jam is that it is never jam, but always marmalade. I feel too sore on the question to write much, but I may just hint that we have heard that Brother Bulgar sometimes gets real strawberry. It is just possible, therefore, that you may hear of a raid soon.

Yours ever,

PETER.


THE CONVERT.

["One striking result of the War has been its humanising effect on woman."—Daily Paper.]

The barbed shaft of Love hath pierced thy heart,

Fair Annabelle; distracting is thy lot;

Long hast thou thought thyself a deal too smart