Mr. Will Thorne declares that ahotel in Petrograd charged him twelveshillings for four small custards. Afterall, the war spirit of Russia, it wouldseem, is not wholly dead.
According to officials of the FoodMinistry, "domestic pastry" may stillbe baked. The idea is that this kindof pastry tends to decrease the totalnumber of food consumers.
Allied control officers have discoveredfifteen hundred tons of potatoes hiddenin Athens. The Salonika expedition isnow felt to be justified.
A certain Kingston resident, when outwalking, wears a white band on his hat,the with words, "Eat lessbread. Do it now." Eyewitnessesreport that the immediate rush of pedestriansto the tea-rooms toeat less bread is most gratifying.
"The British loaf," accordingto Mr. Kennedy Jones,"is going to beat the Germans."If grit can do it,we agree.
"Allotments under cultivationin Middlesex," says aweekly paper breathlessly,"if place end to end, wouldreach five miles." Of courseit is not thought likely thatthey will be.
The father of a lad charged withembezzlement explained that since theboy was struck on the head with acricket ball he could not keep a pennynovel out of his hands. Speculation isnow rife as to the nature of the accidentsresponsible for the passion thatsome people entertain for our moreexpensive fiction.
"It is possible," says a contemporary,"that an invention will one day beforthcoming which will make a cleansweep of the submarine." Meanwhilewe must expect him to go on actinglike the dirty sweep he is.
To meet the paper shortage, Austrianeditors have determined to economise byreducing the daily reports of victories.
Le Matin states that at a GrandCouncil of War sharp disagreement onthe conduct of operations arose betweenthe Kaiser and Hindenburg. TheMarshal, we understand, insisted uponthe right to organise his own defeatswithout any assistance from theAll-highest-but-one.
A London dairyman has been heavilyfined for selling water containing a largepercentage of milk.
"To tell the honest truth," saidthe Hon. John Collier, giving evidencein the Romney case, "we artists donot think much of the art critics." Itis this dare-devil attitude whichdistinguishes your real genius.
Some surprise was recently causedin Liverpool when the residents learnedfrom the Cologne Gazette that theirport had been destroyed and all theinhabitants removed to another town.They consider that in common fairnessthe Cologne Gazette ought to have giventhem some idea as to where they wereliving.
It is announced that four German WarCorrespondents have been decoratedwith the Iron Cross of the Second Class.We have always maintained that theWar Correspondent, like his fightingbrother, is not immune from the perilsof warfare.
We are not surprised to learn thatthe mouth-organ is the favoriteinstrument among the soldiers in a certainLabour unit. The advantage of thisinstrument is that when carried in thepocket it does not spoil the figure likea cello.
Now that the shortage of starchsupply will compel men to wearsoft collars i