"--_Daily Sketch._
Subsequent news shows that "less irresponsible" was not a misprint but a
prophecy.
* * * * *
[Illustration: _Sympathetic Newsboy (to proprietor of Coffee Stall.)_ "WOT
YER TRYIN' TO DO WIV THE OLD 'OTEL, GUVNER? TAKIN' IT 'OME FOR FEAR OF
'AVIN' IT COMMANDEERED?"]
* * * * *
"It is claimed that about thirty Merman firms construct the Diesel
motors originally used for submarines."--_Daily Telegraph._
We wish these motors a speedy return to the fishy scenes of their origin.
* * * * *
"Several eligible sires for workmen's dwellings, of which some 300 are
needed, have been selected by the Southport Town Planning
Committee."--_Daily Paper._
They must not be confused with "the rude forefathers of the hamlet"
mentioned by GRAY.
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