There is much satisfaction in theGerman Army at the announcementthat iron coins to the value of tenmillion marks are to be substituted fornickel and copper. It is now hopedthat those Crosses may yet prove to beworth something.
A resident of Honor Oak writes tothe papers to say that such was thepatriotic anxiety of people in hisneighbourhood to pay their taxes atthe earliest possible moment that hefound a long queue before the collector'sdoor on January 3rd and had to waitan hour before his turn came. Onreading his letter several West-endtheatres patriotically offered the collectorthe loan of their "House Full"boards.
Prince William of Wied, the ex-rulerof Albania, is at present in Serbia,feverishly awaiting restoration to hisformer dignity. The situation is notvery favourable, however, and hisGerman advisers have warned him tocurb his Mpretuosity.
An American barque with a cargo ofbeans for Germany has been seized andunloaded by the Swedish authorities.A cruel fate seems to overtake everyeffort of the United States to giveGermany these necessary commodities.
Among the suspicious articles discoveredat the Bulgarian Consulate inSalonika was a large stock of redbrassards. But the inference that theybelonged to members of the BritishV.T.C., who were determined to fightfor the enemy rather than not fight atall, is certainly premature.
Several inmates of the Swanseaworkhouse, having been told thatmargarine was to be served out insteadof butter, returned their portions, onlyto discover that it was butter after all.As similar incidents have occurred inmany other establishments it is suggestedthat margarine should in futurebe dyed scarlet or blue in order toprevent a repetition of these embarrassingcontretemps.
Sir John Simon, in the debate on theCompulsion Bill, said that the alleged650,000 slackers were arrived at "bysubtracting two figures from oneanother." Everyone must agree withhim that if that was the method employedthe result would be "negligible."
In a tram-car in a Northern city, asthe girl-conductor went round for fares,a "nut" tried to take a rise out of herby asking for a ticket to "Gallipoli."She charged him for the full length ofthe tram journey, and as soon as thetram arrived at a recruiting office sherang the bell and said, "You changehere, Sir, for Gallipoli."
The Kaiser thinks it very mean ofthe British Government to turn hisCorfu palace into a hospital. His submarinecommanders are now wonderinghow to shell the inmates withoutdamaging their master's property.
The Militant Suffragette who someyears ago damaged the VelasquezVenus with an axe has just publisheda novel, of which the hero is a plumberwho thought he was a poet. It ought tobe called "The Burst Pipe," but isn't.
Women are now employed on someof the railways in the North. Atraveller recently had two Tommies forfellow-passengers. They related thatthey had every week to take a longslow duty journey which was "thelimit"; but lately it had taken ona different aspect, for "now," saidTommy, "when you get too bored youjust hop out and kiss the porter."
Extract from a letter written to aloved one from the Front:—
"I received your dear little note in a sandbag.You say that
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