You could never be young as the fairies are

And never as old.

R. F.


RARA AVIS.

From a cigarette-card:—

"REED WARBLER.
"Acrocephalus streperus.
"This bird is found in nearly every part of the British Islands. It builds a nest about a foot off the ground in the reed beds, and is formed of grass, horse hair and sometimes feathers."


From a list of medallists of the new Order of the British Empire:—

"G. P. Hamlet.—For courage in persisting with dangerous work, with a certainty of suffering from poisoning as a result."