* * * * * [Illustration: _Actor-Manager of Touring Company._ "CONFOUND OUR LUCK! THE LEADING LADY HAS DESERTED US IN OUR HOUR OF NEED--ELOPED WITH THE OSTLER FROM YONDER PUBLIC-HOUSE--ON _THIS_ OF ALL EVENINGS, WHEN THE AUDIENCE THREATENS TO OUTNUMBER THE CAST."] * * * * * [Illustration: _Macdonald._ "MAN SANDY, ARE YE BOGGIT?" _Sandy._ "AY, MACDONALD, I'M BOGGIT." _Macdonald._ "YE CANNA GET OOT?" _Sandy._ "I'M NO BIDING HERE FOR THE PLEESURE O 'T!" _Macdonald._ "I DOOT YE'D LIKE FINE TO COME OOT?" _Sandy._ "AY, I WOULD THAT." _Macdonald._ "WEEL, 'TWAD BE A CHRISTIAN ACT TO PULL YE OOT, BUT _VERRA_ DEEFFICULT--UNLESS YE'VE NO FAIRTHER USE FOR YOUR RED COO."] * * * * * MAKING THE LAW POPULAR. A writer in an evening contemporary complains that one has some difficulty in finding the notices to jurors in the newspapers. We have often thought that more prominence might be given to the Law Notices generally. Printed in the smallest type and abbreviated almost beyond understanding, they are by no means the brightest item of news. Would it not be an advantage to hand the department over to a smart paragraphist? Readers might then be entertained by something like the following:-- Visitors to the Law Courts to-day should on no account fail to look in at King's Bench XIII., which is one of the cosiest of our beautiful Courts of Justice. Here will be continued the scintillating contest between Sir Anthony Prius, K.C., and that rising young barrister, Mr. Terry Blee-Smart, K.C. It is more than probable that the cross-examination of the humorous butcher will continue through most of the day. The first case on the list in the Lord Chief's Court to-day is no other than _The King_ v. _The Dean and Chapter of Mumborough Cathedral_. While it is not expected that his Majesty's engagements will permit him to be present, an action of this character is fraught with more than common interest, since it must be seldom that the Royal House finds itself in such conflict with the Church as to resort to the arbitrament of the law. We see no reason why some legal engagements should not be boldly displayed, the more readily to catch the reader's eye. Why not the following:-- ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE. ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE. ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE. YOU MUST NOT MISS THIS! Chancery Court No. 29, Before Mr. Justice Howling, _Binks_ v. _Arcana Cinema Company, Ltd._ As one of the leading comedians of the day Mr. TIM BINKS never fails to create roars of laughter, and with Mr. JUSTICE HOWLING may be relied upon to put up a show provocative of never-failing mirth. CHEER YOURSELF UP! ADMISSION FREE! Whether it's wet or whether it's fine, Visit Chancery Twenty-nine. * * * * * NEW RHYMES FOR OLD CHILDREN. THE LOBSTER.