In order to cope with the traffic problem the L.G.O. Company have placed one hundred additional omnibuses on the London streets. This is such an admirable solution of a serious difficulty that people are wondering what member of the Government first suggested it. *** Despite the fact that his wife has attempted to shoot him eleven times a Detroit architect declares that he will never leave her. He appears to be one of those men who can never take a hint. *** Mr. F.M.B. FISHER reports that in New Zealand some convicts recently went on hunger-strike because a band played outside the prison. It seems that their ground of complaint was that this was not included in the sentence. *** A correspondent writing to _The Daily News_ points out that the reign of Satan has been cut short by eighty thousand years, and that the end of the world is at hand. Several people in search of flats are now wondering whether it is worth while after all. *** Mr. SEAN T.O. KELLY, the Sinn Fein M.P., has handed M. CLEMENCEAU a copy of the "Declaration of Independence of Ireland." Other means have also been employed to entertain and amuse the distinguished invalid during his enforced rest. *** We understand that a West-End lady has just been appointed mistress to a young parlourmaid. *** We hear that the soldier who, after being demobilised, at once returned to barracks in order to say a few suitable words to his late sergeant-major, was put off on being told that he would have to take his turn in the queue. * * * * * THE PRE-WAR HABIT. "Clerk (male) quick and accurate at figures; one used to wages preferred."--_Daily Paper_. * * * * * "The engine, which is based on the principle of the turbine, is designed to produce 30,000 revolutions a minute."--_Daily Paper_. Bolshevists please note. * * * * * "Commander Ramsay and the Princess themselves had a private survey of their new possessions yesterday before the guests appeared, and report has it warmly congratulated one another on the interest and beauty of most of the things, and the unusual percentage of unimaginative and ugly offerings." _Daily Sketch_. Although the statement is somewhat ambiguous, we feel sure that the writer meant well. * * * * * THE TONIC OF MARCH. _(With acknowledgments to the author)._ Month of the Winds (especially the East) That staunch the young year's floods by dyke and dam, Who enter like a lion, that great beast, And make your egress like a woolly lamb; Who come, as Mars full-armed for battle's shocks, From lethargy of Winter's sloth to wean us, Then melt (about the vernal equinox), As he did in the softer arms of Venus;--