"Of course I cannot be in France and America at the same time,"said Colonel ROOSEVELT to a New York interviewer. The EX-PRESIDENTis a very capable man and we can only conclude that he has not beenreally trying.
"The Church of to-morrow is not to be built up of prodigalsons," said a speaker at the Congregational Conference. Fattedcalves will, however, continue to be a feature in Episcopalcircles.
A Berlin coal merchant has been suspended from business forbeing rude to customers. It is obvious that the Prussianaristocracy will not abandon its prerogatives without astruggle.
The lack of food control in Ireland daily grows more scandalous.A Belfast constable has arrested a woman who was chewing fourfive-pound notes, and had already swallowed one.
An alien who was fined at Feltham police court embraced hissolicitor and kissed him on the cheek. Some curiosity exists as towhether the act was intended as a reprisal.
The English Hymnal, says a morning paper, "contains fortyEnglish Traditional Melodies and three Welsh tunes." This attemptto sow dissension among the Allies can surely be traced to someenemy source.
Mr. GEORGE MOORE, the novelist, declares that ROBERT LOUISSTEVENSON "was without merit for tale-telling." But how does Mr.GEORGE MOORE know?
"Is Pheasant Shooting Dangerous?" asks a weekly paper headline.We understand that many pheasants are of the opinion that it hasits risks.
Only a little care is needed in the cooking of the marrow, saysMrs. MUDIE COOKE. But in eating it great caution should be takennot to swallow the marrow whole.
An applicant at the House of Commons' Appeal Tribunal statedthat he had been wrongly described as a Member of Parliament. It isnot known who first started the scandal.
HERR BATOCKI, Germany's first Food Dictator, is now on activeservice on the Western Front, where his remarks about thecomparative dulness of the proceedings are a source of constantirritation to the Higher Command.
It is rumoured that the Carnegie Medal for Gallantry is to beawarded to the New York gentleman who has purchased Mr. EPSTEIN'S"Venus."
We understand that an enterprising firm of publishers is nownegotiating for the production of a book written by "The GermanPrisoner Who Did Not Escape."
Four conscientious objectors at Newhaven have complained thattheir food often contains sandy substances. It seems a pity thatthe authorities cannot find some better way of getting a littlegrit into these poor fellows.
General SUKHOMLINOFF has appealed from his sentence ofimprisonment for life. Some people don't know what gratitudeis.
It is good to find that people exercise care in time of crisis.Told that enemy aircraft were on their way to London a dear oldlady immediately rushed into her house and bolted the door.
Owing to a shortage of red paint, several London 'buses arebeing painted brown. Pedestrians who have only been knocked down byred-painted 'buses will of course now be able to start all overagain.
We think it was in bad taste for Mr. BOTTOMLEY, just aftersaying that he had seen Mr. WINSTON CHURCHILL at the Front, to add,"I have Taken Risks."
Six little boa-constrictors have been born in the ZoologicalGardens