It is denied that the name of the Philharmonic Hall, where Mr. PONTING'S moving pictures of the Antarctic Expedition are being shown, is to be changed to the Philmharmonic Hall. * * * RICHARD STRAUSS'S new work, dealing with the story, of JOSEPH and POTIPHAR'S wife, is to be produced shortly in Paris. A musical play version of it, entitled "After the Man," may be looked for here. * * * From Rome comes the news that a young man who was being examined in a hospital there has been found to have two separate stomachs. This announcement that the ideal man has at last been evolved has caused the greatest excitement here in Corporation circles. * * * "LYCEUM CLUB. 100 YEARS OF PEACE." _Daily Telegraph._ Surely a record for a lady's club? * * * * * [Illustration: CLOSE OF THE COURSING SEASON.] * * * * * "CHANGE OF NAME. FROM JACOB GALBA IWUSHUKU-BRIGHT TO GALBA IWUCHUKU OLUKOTUN." _Sierra Leone Weekly News._ We notice no improvement. * * * * * Commercial Candour. Notice in a shop window at Reading: "TRY ----'S SAUSAGES: NONE LIKE 'EM." * * * * * CIVIL WAR ESTIMATES. (_A Ministerial Apology._) Your talk is vanity, you who lightly vouch That we, indifferent to the country's call, shun A crisis under which the People crouch Like DAMOCLES beneath the pendent falchion; That from our minds, incredibly deluded, Ulster is still excluded. It is not so. All day (between our meals) We find this topic really most attractive; In watches of the night it often steals Into our waking dreams, and keeps us active, Like sportsmen whom the rude mosquito chases, Trying to save our faces. But we have other tasks, and "Duty First" Must be our cry before we yield to Pleasure; Our Annual Estimates must be rehearsed Ere more alluring themes engage our leisure; The Budget's claims are urgent; Ulster's fate Can obviously wait. Besides, no Government should go to war Without the wherewithal to pay for forage, For ammunition and a Flying Corps And canned meats to stimulate the courage; And this applies, as far as we can tell, To civil wars as well. For, though our foes confine us to a sphere Of relatively narrow operations, We are advised that they may cost us dear, And therefore, in our coming calculations, As Trustees of the Race we dare not miss To estimate for this. Hence these delays--all carefully thought out. But when from hibernation we emerge on The vernal prime and things begin to sprout, Our Ulster policy shall also burgeon; With sap of April coursing through our blood We too shall burst in bud. O. S. * * * * * THE GREAT RESIGNER. (_A Forecast._)