* * * * * A Colourable Correction. "Bored to blues by a Blue-Book"? I fear you are not Up to date in your choice of a tint, my dear fellow. The type of sheer boredom, and dulness, and rot, Is not now the Blue of old days, but the Yellow. As Blue-Stockings now half the sex might be mustered, The New Woman doubtless wears hose hued like custard. * * * * * NEXT BEST THING TO THE PERSIAN LOCOMOTIVE CARPET OF EASTERN FABLE.--The "Travelling Rug" of Western fact. * * * * * [Illustration: "A DIVIDED DUTY."] MR. BULL. "NOW, GIRLS, STOP THIS! REMEMBER I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU BOTH."] * * * * * [Illustration: THE COUNTER-CHECK QUARRELSOME. _Mr. Æsopus Delasparre._ "I WILL ASK YOU TO FAVOUR ME, MADAM, BY REFRAINING FROM LAUGHING AT ME ON THE STAGE DURING MY THIRD ACT." _Miss Jones_ (_sweetly_). "OH, BUT I ASSURE YOU YOU'RE MISTAKEN, MR. DELASPARRE; I NEVER LAUGH AT YOU ON THE STAGE--I WAIT TILL I GET HOME!"] * * * * * THAT WEDDING PRESENT. _London._--JONES is going to be married. Of course, I must give him something. But what? A biscuit box? Commonplace. Good idea to look for something more interesting and unusual during my holiday. Just off to North Italy. Will keep my eyes open along the way. _Paris._--Walk in the Rue de la Paix and Boulevards. Everything labelled "_Article Anglais_." Must really get him something made abroad. Give up looking in Paris. Shall find something farther on. _Lucerne._--No good to take Swiss wood carving. Can't carry home a huge sideboard. All the smaller things can be bought in London.