A man who purchased sandwiches ata railway restaurant and afterwardsthrew them into the road was fined fiveshillings at Grimsby Police Court lastweek. His explanation—that he didnot know they might injure the road—wasnot accepted by the Court.
We cannot help thinking that toomuch fuss has been made about tryingto stop Messrs. Ramsay Macdonaldand Jowett from leaving England.So far as we can gather they did notthreaten to return to this country afterwards.
A North of England man, obviouslywishing to appear unusual,still persists in the stupidstory that he did not hearthe Messines explosion.
We can think of no finerexample of the humility oftrue greatness than KingConstantine's decision toabdicate.
There were forty thousandfewer paupers in 1916 thanin 1915, according to figuresrecently published. The differenceis accounted for bythe number of revue-writerswho have resumed their agriculturaloccupations.
In a small town in Australia,says a news item, overtwo tons of mice were killedin two days. For some unknownreason, which perhapsthe Censor can explain, thename of the cat is withheld.
"Eliminate the middleman," demandsa contemporary. It might prove a simpleraffair, after all, than the presentsystem of suppressing the inner man.
Mr. Ginnell, M.P., is responsiblefor the statement that "bringing anaction against the police in Ireland islike bringing one against Satan in hell."The chief obstacle in the latter case isof course the total absence of learnedcounsel in that locality.
The Kaiser, it appears, has lost notime in commiserating with his troopson their magnificent victory at Messines.
The title which Mr. John Hassallwrote under one of his sketches suggestedthe words for a song which hasnow been written. It is only fair tothe artist to say that he was not awarethat his quite innocent title would leadto this.
The National Service staff at St.Ermin's Hotel, Westminster, has beenreduced by half. It is now expectedthat the unemployed half will volunteerfor National Service.
Berlin announces that all through-linesin Germany are running. Thecase of the Hindenburg Line seems tobe infectious.
"No cheese," says The Evening News,"has quite the bite of Cheddar." Atthe same time, unless it wags its tailto show that it is friendly, we feel thatevery cheese with a bite like that wouldbe much safer if muzzled.
Triplets were born in Manchesterlast week. The father is going on aswell as can be expected.
Complaint has been made by amember of the Hounslow Burial Committeeof courting couples occupyingseats in the cemetery. The killjoy!
We can only suppose it was the hotweather that tempted a newsagentcorrespondent to ask whether LordNorthcliffe had gone to America on"sail or return."
Mr. Balfour, we are told, while stayingat Washington, visited eleven publicbuildings and interviewed nine representativeAmericans on one day. Thereis some talk of his being elected anhonorary America