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Page 9
"---- & Co.
The Leading Jewellery House.
Grand Assortment of Cut Glass."
_Advt. in Chinese Paper_.
* * * * *
[Illustration: THE ROAD TO RUIN.]
* * * * *
[Illustration: SIDELIGHTS ON THE GREAT FOOD PROBLEM.
THE SOCIETY FOR THE DISCOVERY OF NEW WAR FOODS TEST THEIR LATEST
DISH.]
* * * * *
PICCADILLY.
_Gay shops, stately palaces, bustle and breeze,_
_The whirring of wheels and the murmur of trees;_
_By night or by day, whether noisy or stilly,_
_Whatever my mood is--I love Piccadilly._
Thus carolled FRED LOCKER, just sixty years back,
In a year ('57) when the outlook was black,
And even to-day the war-weariest Willie
Recovers his spirits in dear Piccadilly.
We haven't the belles with their Gainsborough hats,
Or the Regency bucks with their wondrous cravats,
But now that the weather no longer is chilly;
There's much to enchant us in New Piccadilly.
As I sit in my club and partake of my "ration"
No longer I'm vexed by the follies of fashion;
The dandified Johnnies so precious and silly--
You seek them in vain in the New Piccadilly.
The men are alert and upstanding and fit,
They've most of them done or they're doing their bit;
With the eye of a hawk and the stride of a gillie
They add a new lustre to Old Piccadilly.
And the crippled but gay-hearted heroes in blue
Are a far finer product than wicked "old Q,"
Who ought to have lived in a prison on skilly
Instead of a palace in mid Piccadilly.
The women are splendid, so quiet and strong,
As with resolute purpose they hurry along--
Excepting the flappers, who chatter as shrilly
As parrots let loose to distract Piccadilly.
Thus I muse as I watch with a reverent eye
The New Generation sweep steadily by,
And judge him an ass or a born Silly Billy
Who'd barter the New for the Old Piccadilly.
* * * * *
A CLEARANCE.
"WANTED.--Lady shortly leaving the Colony is desirous of
recommending her baby and wash Amahs, also Houseboy."--_South
China Morning Post_.
* * * * *
"Though the King's birthday was officially celebrated
yesterday, there were no official celebrations."--_Daily
Express_.
It seems to have been a case of unconscious celebration.
* * * * *
"We shall want a name for the American 'Tommies' when they
come; but do not call them 'Yankees.' They none of them like
it."--_Daily News_.
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