_Second Gen. Off._ (_interrupting_). Alas! my dear friend, I fear I can be of no help to you--it is entirely out of my line. _Pol. Off._ (_annoyed_). But aren't you a General? _Second Gen. Off._ Certainly. A General-Chaplain. Farewell, dear friend. [_Exit._ _Pol. Off._ Well of all the--(_Enter Third General Officer._) Well, Sir, who and what are you? _Third Gen. Off._ (_briskly_). A General. Now then, look sharp! No time to lose. Hear you require me. How can I help you? _Pol. Off._ (_aside_). Ah, this is the sort of man I want! (_Aloud._) Well then, General, we are arranging a treaty, and I want your advice about retaining a fortress on the right of the river-- _Third Gen. Off._ (_interrupting_). Sorry. Can't help! Not my province. Good bye! [_Exit._ _Pol. Off._ (_shouting after him_). But aren't you a General? _Third Gen. Off._ (_voice heard in the distance_.) Yes. General-Postman! [_Scene closes in upon political official language unfit for publication._ * * * * * MUSICAL NOTES.--_Saturday Afternoon_.--Albert Hall jubilant. M. PLANCON or PLANÇON--the production of the "c" depending on the state of his voice--was encored and "obliged again." So did Madame ALBANI, who was in superb voice. But her accompanist, M. CARRODUS, who had given us one violin _obbligato_, did _not_ obbligato again, and so Madame sang, admirably of course, the ever-welcome "_Home, Sweet Home_." GIULIA RAVOGLI gave her great _Orphéo_ song, and DRURIOLANUS, practising courtly attitudes, as one preparing to receive a German Emperor, smole beamingly on the gratified audience. At The Garden, _Mireille_, revived on Wednesday last, hasn't much life in her, but Miss EAMES charming. * * * * * NOTICE.--Rejected Communications or Contributions, whether MS., Printed Matter, Drawings, or Pictures of any description, will in no case be returned, not even when accompanied by a Stamped and Addressed Envelope, Cover, or Wrapper. To this rule there will be no exception. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100, June 20, 1891, by Various