_Punch_ ventures to add his voice to this claim upon our honour and gratitude; and, if I may, I would like to make appeal to all who loved the work of our friend who is dead, that they should send some offering to this good cause as a personal tribute to the memory of a man who, in his own form of service, did so much to cheer the hearts of our fighting men in the dark hours that are over. Contributions should be addressed to the Rev. P. B. CLAYTON, M.C., Effingham House, Arundel Street, Strand, W.C.2. O. S. * * * * * THE FAIRY TAILOR. Sitting on the flower-bed beneath the hollyhocks I spied the tiny tailor who makes the fairies' frocks; There he sat a-stitching all the afternoon And sang a little ditty to a quaint wee tune: "Grey for the goblins, blue for the elves, Brown for the little gnomes that live by themselves, White for the pixies that dance upon the green, But where shall I find me a robe for the Queen?" All about the garden his little men he sent, Up and down and in and out unceasingly they went; Here they stole a blossom, there they pulled a leaf, And bound them up with gossamer into a glowing sheaf. Petals of the pansy for little velvet shoon, Silk of the poppy for a dance beneath the moon, Lawn of the jessamine, damask of the rose, To make their pretty kirtles and airy furbelows. Never roving pirates back from Southern seas Brought a store of treasures home beautiful as these; They heaped them all about him in a sweet gay pile, But still he kept a-stitching and a-singing all the while: "Grey for the goblins, blue for the elves, Brown for the little gnomes that live by themselves, White for the pixies that dance on the green, But who shall make a royal gown to deck the Fairy Queen?" R. F. * * * * * "Unless he wishes to raise a hornet's nest about his ears we would advise him to let sleeping dogs lie."--_Local Paper_. Personally we never keep a dog that harbours hornets. * * * * * From a concert-programme:-- "Fantastic Symphony ... Berlioz in a Vodka Shop ... Bax." _Birmingham Paper_. This should help to combat the current opinion that BERLIOZ is dry. * * * * * "Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson said there were, in certain places, some forms of light entertainments which, to say the least, wanted carefully watching."--_Daily Paper_. At present, we gather, the wrong people do the watching. * * * * * [Illustration: SING A SONG OF DRACHMAS. (_TINO AT ATHENS._) THE KING WAS IN HIS COUNTING-HOUSE LOOKING FOR HIS MONEY.] * * * * * [Illustration: _Man of Wealth_ (_to his son just home for the holidays_). "AND WHY DON'T YOU LIKE YOUR FUR COAT? I'LL BET NONE OF THE OTHER BOYS 'AVE GOT ONE."