We looked to see you there, the stout and staunch, "Red flag" in one hand and "ten swords" in t'other; Saw the strong sword-belt bursting from your paunch; Pitied the foes you'd fall upon and smother; Heard you make droves of pale policemen bleat, Running amok to "slay them in the street." Strong athwart Heav'n ran the high barricades, And giant Bastilles reeled, impossibly smitten, And men with broken hands swung thunderous blades In "Russia's wrath"--just as you've often written; Yea, the terrific tyrants really reeled, While CHESTERTON sat safe at Beaconsfield. And yet--I understand; I don't impute That only in your poems do you bicker; You would abstain, when people revolute, No more, I'm sure, than you'd abstain from liquor; And here we have it--here's the reason why: _This was a revolution that was "dry."_ * * * * * The Eagle's Plume. "The bride, who is an American by birth, was given away by her feather."--_Liverpool Daily Post_. * * * * * "Mr., Mrs. and Miss ----, who were in their bungalow at Sidbar, had a lucky escape from the earthquake recently, for no sooner had they ot out than gpractically the whole house cae mdown."--_Pioneer (Allahabad)_. On this occasion, contrary to the usual rule, Nature appears to have been more careful of the individual than of the type. * * * * * "You, too, reader, if you have not already visited ----'s, have a pleasant, bright happy experience before you. Why not visit this modern Forum to-morrow?"--_"Callisthenes" in the evening papers, June 23rd._ One of our reasons for not taking this well-meant advice was that June 24th was a Sunday. * * * * * "Great fires continue in Germany. The latest include gutting of the Moabit Goods Station in Berlin wherein tanks of petrol, hydrogen, _et cetera_, exploded, resulting in the destruction of a part of Vilna and the township of Osjory near the Grodno conflagration station and a basket factory at Happe."--_Ceylon Independent_. The effect of this remarkably extensive explosion seems to have been felt even in Colombo. * * * * * WOMAN AS USUAL. (_In the manner of some of our own evening papers_.) It was with a real pang that I tore myself away from the Frugality Exhibition, where the culinary demonstrations were most enthralling. Just before leaving, however, I watched a wonderfully tasty hash being compounded with oddments of rabbit and banana flour. It exhaled an aroma which I hated to leave--even for luncheon at the Fitz. AT THE FITZ.