"Contracts, Tenders, &c.
The Great Northern Railway Company.
Allegro moderato
Notturno ............} from String
Quartet, No. 2,
in D} Borodine. stores contracts."
Daily Paper.
| Allegro moderato Notturno ............ | } | from String Quartet, No. 2, in D | } | Borodine. |
It is generally supposed that the company entertains the idea of attempting to "soothe the savage breast" of the Minister of Transport.
THE LETTERS I NEVER POST.
I met a philosopher the other day—he is not a philosopher by profession, but an architect—who told me that, when annoyed by the anomalies and petty red-tape restrictions of life or irritated by incompetence and incivility, or even when he feels that he can amend somebody else's error or propose an improvement, it is his habit to write a letter expressing his indignation or embodying his suggestions.
After remarking that he must be kept very busy I asked him what kind of replies he got.
"Oh, I don't get any replies," he said, "because, you see, I don't send the letters; I only write them and then I tear them up."