"Mr. Johnson feels very strongly on the subject," said Mrs. Benham. I had never said a word about it before her in my life. That night she surveyed me carefully. "I can see you've a headache, Mr. Johnson," she said. "You had better not go to church; there is nothing worse than a hot church for headache." After all, Mrs. Benham is not without tact. * * * * * [Illustration: TRAGEDY OF A CIGAR-ASH.] * * * * * Another Impending Apology? "The Bank now gives employment to 6,000 persons, 2,000 of whom are women. In order to accommodate them outside premises have been acquired from time to time. The chief of these new establishments is St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics."--_Sunday Paper._ * * * * * [Illustration: _Farmer._ "SO YOU WANT A JOB OF WORK, EH?" _Applicant._ "I SAID A JOB. I NEVER SAID A JOB O' WORK."] * * * * * MAGNANIMOUS MOTTOES. A writer in _The Evening Standard_ calls attention to the latest ornamentation of the fine old Elizabethan Hall of Gray's Inn, in the shape of the arms of Lord BIRKENHEAD, who as a past Treasurer of the Inn is entitled to this armorial distinction in his lifetime. But, he goes on, "it was not so much the arms as their motto which attracted me--the motto of a man who began his brilliant career as plain Mr. F. E. SMITH. Now the Latin for 'smith,' as an artisan, is _faber_ (artificer or fabricator in the primal sense); so, with a fine democratic courage, Lord BIRKENHEAD has chosen as his family motto: '_Faber meae Fortunae_' (Architect of my own Fortune)." We agree; but it must not be supposed that Lord BIRKENHEAD has an entire monopoly of this frank spirit. Other eminent men who have recently been ennobled or decorated have shown a similar frankness. Thus it may not be known that Lord RIDDELL has adopted a motto which reveals the comparatively modest beginnings of his greatness. Lord RIDDELL was, and we believe still is, the proprietor of _The News of the World_. Now the Latin for news or newness is _novitas_ (novelty or unfamiliarity in the primal sense); so with a noble democratic courage he has chosen as his family motto: "_Saeculorum vetustati praestat novitas mundi_" (The news of the world surpasses the antiquity of the ages). It is rather a long motto, but it is eminently Ciceronian in its cadence. Then there is the case of Lord NORTHCLIFFE, who began his brilliant career as simple Mr. HARMSWORTH. Now the Latin for "harm" is _damnum_ (loss or sacrifice in the primal sense), and for "worth" _dignus_. So, with a fine loyalty to his antecedents, Lord NORTHCLIFFE has adopted the heroic and pleasantly alliterative motto: "_Per damna ad dignitatem_" (Through sacrifices to worthiness).