Lastly, is it true that, although Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN is still _nominally_ Chancellor of the Exchequer, he is really a prisoner in the Tower, conveyed under guard to and from the House, and that the reprieve of the sentence of capital punishment passed on him by _The Daily Mail_ may expire--and he with it--at any moment? These are only a few of the things which are said about them that Ministers ought to know--if they don't know them already. And if they do, and basely pretend not to, we feel that we have done a truly patriotic service in rendering it impossible for them to avoid enlightening the public. It is always well to know the worst, even about politicians. * * * * * WANTED, A HEBE. "Tablemaid (thoroughly experienced) required middle of March; god wages."--_Scots Paper_. * * * * * "'Eh, what?' queried Lawrence in astonishment. 'What are you doing here, my dear? Are you French?' "'Je suis Belgique, M'sieu,' replied the girl, whose knowledge of English seemed limited."--_Weekly Paper_. But not so limited as her knowledge of French, we hope. * * * * * "St. Ives, Cornwall.--Artists visiting this town will find their requirements in Artists' Materials well catered for. All manufacturers' colours stocked. Canvases sketched at shortest possible notice. ----, Artists' Colourman."--_The Studio_. Surely there are no "ghosts" in "the Cornish School!" * * * * * [Illustration: _Jock_. "OCH, IT'S WONDERFU'. THE MANNIE MANEEPULATES THE BLACK AN' WHITE NOTES WI' EQUAL FACEELITY."] * * * * * AT THE OPERA. In these dull days of reaction, when, in the intervals of jazzing, we have nothing to satisfy the spiritual void left by the War except the possibility of an industrial cataclysm at home and the triumph of Bolshevism abroad, we owe a large debt of gratitude to Sir THOMAS BEECHAM for his efforts to revive the Town. And the Town is at last appreciating at their full worth his services both to the cause of popular education in music and to the encouragement of native talent.