I hate to say one word of disparagement about a performance for which I could never be sufficiently grateful. But I agree with a friend of mine who complained to me of the way in which _Pan_ was presented. It was this beneficent god who caused a panic among the brigands and so enabled _Chloe_ to return to her friends, though I don't know why he ever let her be captured, for he was there at the time. Well, I agree that he ought to have been represented by something more satisfactory than a half-length portrait painted on a huge travelling plank of pasteboard, which was pushed about from Arcadia to Scythia (if this was the brigands' address) and back again, appearing in the limelight, when required, like a whisky sky-sign. O. S. * * * * * [Illustration: "CAN YOU LEND ME A COUPLE O' BOB, GEORGE? I'VE JUST HAD MY POCKET PICKED."] * * * * * TEMPORA MUTANTUR. [Suggested by recent correspondence in a leading journal.] WHY USE SPECS? _A Centenarian's Testimony to the Editor of "The Chimes."_ SIR,--I was 117 on the 1st of April and have never used any artificial aid to eyesight, yet I can read the articles for ladies on the Court Circular page of your splendid publication without turning a hair. It is true that I am, and have always been, of an iron constitution, having practically dispensed with sleep for the last sixty years. For some considerable time I have been able to do without physical sustenance as well, owing to the extraordinarily nutritious nature of the contents of your superb South American Encyclopaedias. Yours faithfully, NESTOR PARR. A PERFECT CURE. _To the Editor of "The Chimes."_ SIR,--Is my experience worth recording? Until two or three years ago I was entirely dependent on spectacles, and suffered unspeakable inconvenience if I happened to mislay them. But since I became a subscriber to your unique and unparalleled organ I have found my eyesight so marvellously improved that I am now able to discard glasses entirely. The extraordinary part of the business is this, that if I take up any other paper I am utterly unable to decipher a word. As my wife cleverly put it the other day, of all the wonderful spectacles in the world the new _Chimes_ is the most amazing. Yours gratefully, VERAX. FROM AN ARTIFICIAL EYE-MAKER. _To the Editor of "The Chimes,"_