From a concert programme:—

"Recitatif et Grand air D'oedipe à Cologne."

It was after the long march to the Rhine, no doubt, that the hero acquired the nickname of "Swellfoot."


THE DREAM TELEPHONE.

I go to bed at half-past six

And Nurse says, "No more funny tricks;"

She takes the light and goes away

And all alone up there I stay.

And, as I lie there all alone,