He is now three years old; He's a good three years old; When the fellow was two you could see by his brow (At the age of a year, you could guess by the row) That this was a coming celebrity. Now He's a stout three-year-old. Question: What shall he be? Tell us, what shall he be? Shall he follow his father and go to the Bar, Where, passing his father, he's bound to go far? "But one knows," says his mother,"what barristers are. Something else he must be!" Do you fancy a Haig? Shall our James be a Haig? The War Office tell me he's late for this war, Have the honour to add there won't be any more Since that's what the League of the Nations is for; So it's off about Haig. But his mother sees light (Mothers always see light). "This League of the Nations we mentioned above, With the motto, 'Be Quiet,' the trade-mark, a Dove, Will be wanting a President, won't it, my love?" Jimmy's mother sees light. Yes, that could be arranged; Nay, it must be arranged. In the matter of years Master Jimmy would meet Presidential requirements. What age can compete, In avoiding the gawdy, achieving the neat, With forty to fifty? Thus, forty-five be't. Given forty-two years, he'll be finding his feet And the Treaty of Peace should be getting complete.... And so that's all arranged. HENRY. * * * * * "I am sorry to have to say that this statement is a ------, and if any of my readers have any doubt as to whether I used that strong term without just reason, I invite them to communicate with the Ministry of Shipping on the subject."--_Letter in "The Observer."_ We respect our contemporary's discretion, but we _should_ like to know what was the "strong term". * * * * * "The Literary Class has grown beyond all expectations, the numbers attending the last few meetings averaging nearly 100. Papers have been read and discussed on Dickens' Works, _Tess, Tale of Two Cities_." _The Highway_. Flushed with success, the Literary Class is expected next to tackle HARDY; _Jude the Obscure_ and _The Mystery of Edwin Drood_ being the first objectives. * * * * * _NOUVELLES DE PARIS._ _Paris, March 3rd, 1919._