[Illustration: Last week the King of Cadonia had his hat blown off in the Bluemengarten (the beautiful park near the Royal Palace). This kindly act should deepen the affection in which the monarch is held by his People.] [Illustration: A few days ago the Crown Prince of Schlossrattenheim had an accident with his aeroplane, which overturned near Schutzmeer. Fortunately his Royal Highness fell on a retired Wuerst-haendler who was walking on the beach. The Crown Prince's devotion to his beloved subjects is well known, and this tactful deed was only another instance of it.] [Illustration: Yesterday Prince John of Pumpenhosen inadvertently collided with a pleasure-yacht at the mouth the harbour of Krebs while trying a new motor boat. All the passengers were saved and the Prince showed no signs of fear. This should enhance his great popularity, if such a thing were possible.] [Illustration: King Stephan III. of Servilia, while playing on the links at Nibliksk last week, Initiated one of his equerries into the humour of the game. By this thoughtful act his Majesty adds to the deserved love and reverence in which he is held by the Servilians of all classes.] * * * * * [Illustration: _Alan_ (_to his mother, who is busy with a heavy house-cleaning_). "Please, Mother, read me a story."] * * * * * THE WALKERS. There were eight pretty walkers who went up a hill; They were Jessamine, Joseph and Japhet and Jill, And Allie and Sally and Tumbledown Bill, And Farnaby Fullerton Rigby. They were all in good training and all of them keen, And their chief wore a coat and a waistcoat of green; He was always a proud man and kept himself clean, Did Farnaby Fullerton Rigby. They intended to lunch when they got to the top On a sandwich apiece and a biscuit and chop. The provisions were carefully bought in a shop By Farnaby Fullerton Rigby. They were jesters of merit--the sort who can poke Funny tales in your ribs till you splutter and choke; But the best of the lot at a jibe or a joke Was Farnaby Fullerton Rigby. It was ten of the clock when the walking began, And they started with Tumbledown Bill in the van; And the rear was brought up by that excellent man, By Farnaby Fullerton Rigby. They went off at a pace I am bound to deplore, For they did twenty yards in a minute or more And a yard or two over, a capital score For Farnaby Fullerton Rigby. They had all that pedestrians fairly can ask: Smooth roads, sunny weather and beer in a cask, And a friend who could teach them to stick to their task, Viz.: Farnaby Fullerton Rigby. Yet I somehow suppose that they hadn't the knack, For in spite of it all they have never come back, And I own that the future looks dismally black For Farnaby Fullerton Rigby.