"ZINGS VUN VOOT RÂHZER HAF LEFT OONZET!"

Herr Wohlgemuth. "Ach, ya! You must haf hat a ferry coot Master! Your Foice has lastetso vunderfolly long!"


A BALLADE OF THE HOUSE.

(Sung apologetically at a recent Banquet.)

"You do not know the number of muzzled Ciceros who are sitting in the House of Commons, men who have come from the constituencies conscious of their power, anxious to render service to the State."—Mr. Goschen at the Mansion House.

What if garrulity be rife,