(5) And whereas many highly respectable golfers of all shades of political opinion have been put off their game by political happenings at the week-end be it ordained that a gracious political truce reign from Thursday midnight to Tuesday midday, and that during that time, to be known as the Truce of _Mr. Punch_, no political crises, resignations, refusals of resignations, re-resignations or snap-divisions be allowed on any pretext whatever. * * * * * "Yesterday afternoon a Cardiff prisoner who had been arrested on a warrant escaped from the custody of a police officer. The man bolted without the slightest warning." _Western Daily Press._ He was no gentleman. He might at least have said, "One, two, three--Go!" * * * * * THE OLDEST OF THE ARTS. [Speaking at the annual meeting of the governing body of Swanley Horticultural College, Sir JOHN COCKBURN lamented that while that institution provided healthful and delightful occupation, for which women were eminently fitted, it suffered from a continuous epidemic of matrimony, not only among the students but even upon the staff.] AT Swanley College down in Kent The students' time is not misspent. Some of the arts at any rate Thrive in this Eden up-to-date; And doubtless each girl-gard'ner tries To win the term's Top-dressing Prize, Or trains her sense of paradox (While gathering "nuts" and "plums" and stocks) By taking Flora's new degree-- "Spinster of Hearts and Husbandry." * * * * * "First he must learn to be a sailor.... Stepping in a small coasting craft, he put his shoulder to the wheel, determining, as many a boy has done before and since, to get to the top of the tree by plodding and perseverance." _Ashore and Afloat._ We don't recommend this as a beginning, however. Very often the captain, who wants to steer himself, resents an additional shoulder at the wheel--and invites you to the top of the masthead. * * * * * [Illustration: MORE BRAINY IDEAS OF OUR DRAPERS. CUSTOMER BEING CONDUCTED TO THE SPRING MILLINERY DEPARTMENT.] * * * * * THE MOON. [_IMPOSSIBLE PLAY SERIES._] A SUPER-PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA IN ONE ACT. _Persons of the Play._ Lord Gumthorpe. Lady Gastwyck. Angela Thynne. Stud, _a butler_. [_Author to Printer._--Oblige me by reversing your usual practice, and printing the text in italics and the stage directions in roman type. My request will, I hope, prove intelligible.] _Scene._--The drawing-room at _Lady Gastwyck's_. A large, low room with a mullioned window at the back through which moonlight steals. The decoration of the room is Adams', though of rather a self-conscious type, as the plan and construction of the house is obviously of an earlier period. The furniture is Chinese Chippendale.