The ex-CROWN-PRINCE has written in the _Taegliche Rundschau_ on "How I Lost the War." He pays a fine tribute to the British soldier, who, it appears, helped him to lose it. * * * "How to Manage Twopenny Eggs" is the headline of a morning paper. A good plan is to grip them firmly round the neck and wring it. * * * An article in _Tit-Bits_ tells readers how to make canaries pay. We have felt for some time that there must be a better method than that of suing the birds in the County Court. * * * "Useful wedding-presents are now the vogue," says a weekly journal. Only last week we heard of a Scotsman who at a recent wedding gave the bride away. * * * "The Jolly Bachelors" is the title of a new club at Nottingham. No attempt has yet been made to start a Jolly Husbands' Club. * * * It is gratifying to learn that the workman who last week fell from some scaffolding in Oxford Street, but managed to grasp a rope and hang on to it till rescued fifteen minutes later, has now been elected an honorary member of the Underground Travellers' Association. * * * A reader living in Hertfordshire writes to say that spring-like weather is prevailing and that a pair of bricklayers who started building about three weeks ago can now be seen daily sitting on three bricks which they laid last week. * * * With such energy are the inhabitants of Leeds carrying out their campaign against rats that it is considered unsafe for any rodent under three years old to venture out alone after dark. * * * We are glad to learn that the Brixton lady who mislaid her husband last week at one of these West-End bargain sales has now received him back from the firm in fairly good condition. * * * During the recent spell of warm weather several wooden houses threw out new shoots, some of which are already in bud. * * * We understand that the Government contemplate passing a Bill to forbid silver-weddings unless a larger percentage of alloy is used with them. * * * * * [Illustration: THE CRIME WAVE. _Crank_ (_enlarging upon pet theory_). "I TELL YOU, SIR, WE ARE ALL OF US BOLSHEVISTS AT HEART. THE ONLY THING THAT'S KEEPING YOU AND ME FROM A LIFE OF CRIME IS THE THOUGHT OF THE POLICEMAN ROUND THE CORNER."] * * * * * "How utterly unimpressive for ceremonial purposes is the ordinary episcopal habit.... What dignity it ever possessed has been most successfully shorn off by the merciless scissors of ecclesiastical tailors. The history of the chimere and rochet has been truly tragic." --_Church Paper._ Fortunately, the hat and gaiters do something to relieve the gloom. * * * * * CLOTHES AND THE POET. ["The public will welcome an announcement that the standard clothing scheme may be revived on a voluntary basis."--_The Times_.]