"_A moitie_"--and the other half? That will ever remain British. So _a
la sante de Monsieur le Sherif-enfant-de-Londres-et-Paris_, in a pint
of Half-and-half, and let it, like Le Sherif himself, have a good head
on!
* * * * *
THE ROLLING OF THE R'S.
"We are told that the omission to roll it (the letter _r_) is as
flagrant a misdemeanor as the dropping of the _h_."--_James Payn
in the Illustrated News_.
AIR--"_THE WEARING OF THE GREEN_."
_SOFT-SPOKEN PERSON SINGS:--_
It's vewy wong, widiculous, and howwid, I've no doubt,
To leave that little letter _r_ unuttahed or unwolled;
But if you _haven't_ any _r_'s you've got to do without,
And I can no maw woll _my r_'s than dwink my clawet cold.
A Dowie wuggedness of speech I weally _can't_ attain,
And though gwammawians may wave in leadewetts and pars,
I quite agwee with good JAMES PAYN that all their wow is vain,
The angwy wout must do without "the wolling of the _r_'s!"
* * * * *
HAGIOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE.--Dr. HAROLD BROWNE, "the retiring
Bishop" of Winchester, as he is called, on account of his innate
modesty, wrote to the people of Farnham to say that, "never was there
a Bishop since the time of his earliest predecessor in the See, St.
Swithin, more literally 'at home' at Farnham Castle than himself."
To this fact Dr. H.B. is, perhaps, unaware that the Saint in question
owed his name, as when any visitor called to ask if he were at home,
the Hall-porter of the period invariably answered, "Yes, Saint's
within.
Pages:
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53