For "form" be ready to do or die "Form," in "Sassiety's" name, and the QUEEN'S! "In vulgar parlance" "good form"'s the cry-- Though only a fribble knows what it means. But "Form!" "Form!" Riflemen, "Form!" Ready, be ready to meet the storm Against the Riflemen's "shocking bad form!" * * * * * THE LONDON SCHOOL BOARD VADE MECUM. _Question._ What are the functions of the School Board? _Answer._ To protest against the conduct of the Educational Department. _Q._ In this protest has the Board the sympathy of the public? _A._ Unquestionably; because the conduct of the Educational Department is calculated to send up rates. _Q._ But does not the Department look after the sanitary side of the matter? _A._ Perhaps so; but sanitation is too expensive a matter to be treated without the maturest consideration. _Q._ Are the recommendations of the Department unreasonable? _A._ Very. The Board is required to make the most costly alterations in buildings that have already eaten up a large sum of money, and should not consume a penny more. _Q._ But are not the suggested improvements ones that would be accepted nowadays in any new design? _A._ Certainly, but then their adoption would be the cause of little or no expense. _Q._ Then should science stop still until the rates become abated? _A._ That would be the practical course for science to pursue. _Q._ But leaving grievances out of the question, what can be said about education? _A._ That is a matter of secondary importance, when compared with the latest sanitary developments. _Q._ But how about the children? Have they been educated? What can be said about them? _A._ Nothing. So far as the School Board is concerned, the question of education in general is absolutely of secondary importance. _Q._ Then the career of a child need not be considered nor watched? _A._ Of course not. The sole means suggested for teaching a child is to squabble with the Government and to more or less ignore the requirements of the schoolmaster. * * * * * [Illustration: "ON THE CHANCE." _Young Mamma._ "WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE, MY GOOD MAN?" _The "Good Man" (seeing she is not a Potato Customer)_. "ONLY BOILING WATER, MA'AM. YOU SEE, THIS TIME O' YEAR, THE SEA GETS RATHER COLD, AND SOME OF THE LADIES ARE SO PARTICULAR ABOUT THEIR LITTLE TODDLEKINS, BLESS 'EM!" _Young Mamma (struck with the idea)_. "OH, THEN, PLEASE BE HERE TO-MORROW MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, AND BRING TWO CANS!" [_At once tenders him a Shilling. Needless to say Our Artist was not up in time to see if appointment was kept punctually._] * * * * * BISHOP BOBADIL.