Of the champions that have been,

Stalwart in defence unbroken,

Hefty hitters, hitting clean;

And, when capped in Life's eleven,

May you stand as firm as they;

May you, little son of seven,

Play the game the English way.

W.H.O.


"It seems to be a ruling passion amongst certain writers to portray anybody connected with commerce as being an ungrammatical ignoramus. Even Kipling panders to this notion in his conception of a drapery assistant in the person of 'Kipps.'"—Draper's Organiser.