["In all the doubtful constituencies the result may be regarded as depending largely upon the persuasion and argument brought to bear upon individual electors."--_The Yorkshire Post._] Persuasion? Argument? Very nice names For Radical Caucusites, Primrose Dames, And other retailers of party riddles, _Ex parte_ statements, and taradiddles! Gregarious voters, of old bribes did you all; Now argument deals with the "individual." With the man--or his wife--you must seek occasion, Canvasser clever, to try "persuasion." To "argue" that BLOGGS is the likeliest chap To pour prosperity into your lap; To "persuade" the Missus that that MCQUIRK Will deprive her "man" of his beer _and_ work! Oh, sweet are the virtues, upon occasion, Of moral (or even _im_moral) 'suasion! When blankets run out and when money's all spent, Then, then comes the value of "argument." And if the "argument" takes the form Of orders and jobs in a perfect storm; And when "persuasion" the future gauges A promise of liquor and higher wages; Why, then the result is the same almost, 'Twixt you and me, and the (_Yorkshire_) _Post!_ * * * * * A DALY SACRIFICE TO SHAKSPEARE.--Again, thanks to the enterprise of Mr. AUGUSTIN DALY, one of SHAKSPEARE'S comedies is rendered resplendent with appropriate accessories. _A Midsummer Night's Dream_, furnished with new illustrations, and sparingly curtailed by necessary "cuts," becomes more poetical than ever. Miss ADA REHAN is a "dream" in herself, and Mr. LEWIS, as an American playing in England, becomes "translated" every evening to the complete satisfaction of an appreciating and crowded audience. The play should run from Midsummer into Michaelmas. * * * * * A HENLEY BARCAROLLE. (_By a Parasyllabic Swain._) My lovylade, I peg and bray That you will pun my joint to-day; And we will, dreaming o'er the stodge, In some remote lackwater bodge. We'll take a man JOE, bandoline, And hick-cup, as we slop between The bangled tanks--we'll sink and drip, And strum the things on board our ship. List to my lovesick, mew, and come Far from the giddy, higgling gum! Relaying hearses, we will croon, And through each glowering hide we'll _spoon!_ * * * * * Advertisement (_in "Standard"_).--"_Great Yarmouth. Small House. Close Aquarium and sea. Servant left._" Who was there when "servant left"? Also why "close Aquarium and sea"? Perhaps easy but unwise to close the former, but quite impossible to shut up the latter. * * * * * "GOOD BIS"-LEY. "TELL THAT TO THE MARINES."--The United Services Cup was adjudged to the Marines at Bisley. In this competition the Marines were the best, "all told." * * * * * [Illustration: A LABOUR OF LOVE!