Unhappily Miss Bolland also passed unidentified, though she held a cardboard tube aloft. Not even a taxi-driver cheered as the intrepid lady passed who had blown up the electrical-generation station of the Tubes and made London walk for a month. There too was Mrs. Tibbs, brave in her misfortunes. She had missed her election by one vote just because, when she came to the booth to vote for herself, lifelong habit had been too strong for her and she had phosphorused the ballot box. An unfortunate breeze from the river played havoc with the processionists' whiskers, and one or two of the weaker spirits in the ranks argued that some of the Government offices in Whitehall ought to have been left standing for protection--at any rate till the procession was over. On they went, each of the twenty leaders in front explaining how SHE had led the movement to triumph. On the top of the fire-engine Mrs. Drummit danced a futurist dance, symbolic of the subjection of man. At last they reached the portals of the House. The leaders broke into a run to secure front places on the Government benches. "Stop," cried a police superintendent, rushing from the building. "The days of man's tyranny are over!" shouted twenty voices together. "Maybe," said the police superintendent, "but some of 'em are catching up to you. They've dynamited the Houses of Parliament, and if you go inside you'll pop like roasted chestnuts." And as they watched the flame the leaders realised the sad fact that they had not left a building standing in London roomy enough for a Parliament. * * * * * Commercial Candour. "---- Tooth Brushes are so constructed that the bristles get right into the smallest crevices of the teeth. Moreover the bristles positively won't come out."--_Advt. in "London Opinion."_ That has sometimes been our bitter experience. * * * * * The Choir Inaudible. "The chorus gave ample evidence of having made great strides since their last appearance in public, all the items for which they were responsible being well sustained and rendered in first-class style. Special mention should be made, however, of their rendering of 'A Spring Song,' which was given in quite a professional manner, the chorus dispensing with both music and words, and the audience evinced their appreciation of this really fine effort by long continued applause, to which the chorus responded by repeating it." _Avalon Independent._ There would probably be no words to the applause and very little music; so the chorus could easily repeat it. * * * * * [Illustration: GIFT FOR GIFT. GENERAL BOTHA. "WELL, I SUPPOSE ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER; WE MUST GIVE HIM A WARM RECEPTION."] * * * * * [Illustration: THE BRUTE AGAIN.