How Fact Plagiarizes from Fiction.
From the report of a Landlord v. Tenant case:—
"Mrs. Barkiss said she was quite willing to leave some day."—Local Paper.
"GATWICK MEETING.
Never has this popular rendezvous looked more beautiful, thanks to the wealth of owers on the members' lawn."—Provincial Paper.
We gather that it had been a bad day for backers.
RECOGNITION A LA MODE.
(A Romance of False Perspective.)
The Press, ever anxious, as the guardians of public sentiment, to correct the reaction that is apt to follow upon any great outburst of popular enthusiasm, did well to describe the impending arrival of Prince Ongtong, of the Solomon Islands, with his famous mixed choir, as the second best news since the signing of the Armistice. We are glad to think that the reception of this illustrious potentate in our midst was worthy of the occasion.