Caligula the colt (a trifle saner)
Makes kings of jockey, purchaser and trainer.
Sanity counts; I raise my cup of massic
Not to the earlier but the later "classic."
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=Journalistic Modesty.=
"I was his [Irving's] guest regularly at all Lyceum first nights for
a whole quarter of a century.... He delighted in the company of
third-rate people."
_C.K.S. in "The Sphere."_
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[Illustration: _The Master._ "TCHA! THIS BACON TASTES SIMPLY BEASTLY."
_The Mistress._ "GLADYS, WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE BACON WE SET ASIDE
FOR POISONING THE RATS?"]
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FASHION AND PHYSIQUE.
The heightened stature of women was a favourite topic in
anthropometric circles long before the War. It seems, however, that
they are not going to rest content with their present standard of
altitude, but are invoking the resources of Art to render it even more
conspicuous. We do not speak rashly or without book. _The Evening
News_ announced on September 8th that "Women are to be taller this
autumn." Nature may be in the Fall, but women are on the rise. The
mode by which this effect of elongation--so dear to Art--is to be
attained is described in detail by the Paris correspondent of our
contemporary as follows:--
"A fluffy and very high head-dress will be worn this autumn.
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