The action of various theatrical managers in cutting from their programmes the name of the author of the plays running at their houses and the similar action of numerous librarians in withdrawing his books from their shelves is simply another proof of the marvellous powers of stultification possessed by the humans of the present time. These managers, having the scattering wits of birds, do not seem to appreciate that, whatever the character of the author, the plays he has written were as bad before they were produced as they are now that he has been so effectually extinguished; and these librarians cannot comprehend, evidently, that his books were fully as immoral as they are now when they were first put on the shelves. Would it not be a refreshing thing to find a theatrical manager who managed a theater because he had an honest purpose of elevating, perpetuating, purifying and strengthening the drama, instead of speculating in it as a Jew speculates in old clothes? And would it not be a marvel to discover librarian who knew something about books? * * * * * Buffalo, New York, is getting to be very classic in some things. It tolerated the nude with great equanimity in the recent Art Exhibition and exhibits the female embodiment of everything ideal, from the German muse of song to the still more German muse of barley products, at the great variety of fests, more or less related to beer, that follow in swift succession in that town. But the classic climax was reached on Good Friday of this year, when the Venus of Milo, mounted on a Bock beer pedestal, was the center piece of an Easter symbol picture in a Hebrew clothing advertisement. The limit of Buffalo congruity seems to have been reached. * * * * * _The Chip-Munk_ for May has a bit of folk-lore about a man who advised another to join a conspiracy of silence. This item appeared in 1893 and during 1894 was published by actual count in one hundred and forty-nine newspapers. The editors of _The Chip-Munk_ are a bit slow in reading their exchanges. * * * * * The Two Orphans at the Kate Claxton Building, Chicago Stockyards, have a motto on their letter heads that reads, “We are the people and wisdom will die with us.” * * * * * The editor of _The Baseburner_, who claims to be a veritist, states that it is not true that the Garland stoves were named after Ham Garland of Chicago Stockyards; but the fact is Garland named himself after the stoves. * * * * * _Current Literature_ recently had a long article on Louise Imogene Guinly. Doubtless the spelling of the name was a typographical error, as the editor probably refers to Miss Louisa Imogene Quinney, who is postmistress at Auburn, New York, and daughter of Richard Quinney, manufacturer of the famous Quinney Mineral Water. * * * * *