Inside, say, _Orpheus_ sings in Hades To gallant men and noble ladies-- Rank, wealth, and beauty; Outside, Elysium is forgotten. To clear away these slums, half rotten, Is no one's duty. Inside, MASCAGNI'S _Intermezzo_, Though heard in many places, yet so Delightful ever; Outside, cab touts and paper sellers, And other people's pert _Sam Weller's_, Delightful never! Inside, some day, the newest, _Falstaff_, Will occupy a far from small staff Of band and chorus; Outside, as now, old slums ill-smelling, And costermongers, shouting, yelling, Will be before us. Once someone started building greatly, Walls rose, arranged to form quite stately House, _foyers_, lobbies. They stopped, extremely gaunt and lonely, And, now the site is used, it's only A haunt of bobbies. So still Euterpe's home is hidden In ill-paved slums, through which we've ridden With jolts that jerk us. How unlike Paris! Did we follow Her taste, we should enshrine Apollo At Regent Circus. * * * * * JUST CAUSE. I love you for your splendid hair, Your violet eyes, your swaying waist, Whose curves exactly suit my taste; Your radiant smile, your dimples rare. I love you for your store of pelf, Of course; but most of all, my sweet, Because of this--whene'er we meet, _You let me talk about myself!_ * * * * * ODE DE KNILL--AND CO. _Making Something of Nothing!!_--Lord Mayor KNILL has been created a Baronet. Sheriffs WILKIN and RENALS, as being next to Nil, have been knighted. "Nobodies" have been Baronets, but still 'Tis wondrous to create one out of _Nil_! The Middlesex Artillery Volunteers Will "make the _Wilkin_ ring" with hearty cheers. And for the last, he'll bear his honours meekly, He's RENALS "going strong," not "_Renals Weakly_." (For the last, understand _Reynolds' Weekly_.) * * * * * GOOD EGG-SAMPLE!--One egg was sold the other day for L60 18_s._ _Vide Times_ of Wednesday last. The egg was a perfect specimen of that _rara avis in terris_, the gigantic _Aepyornis Maximus_ of Madagascar. What did Mr. STEVENS do with it? Did he have it made into several omelettes for a breakfast-party of a dozen? Of course it was a perfectly fresh egg, and the only thing at all high about it was the price. * * * * * FROM THE CAMP.--Just now Riflemen are Bis'ley engaged. * * * * * A FALLEN ART. [A "lady palmist" has been fined ten shillings and costs for fortune-telling.--_Daily News._]