6.35.  Leave emporium.  It is raining heavily.

7.15.  Arrive home wet and exhausted.  Have an argument, conducted affably on my side, with Henry, who flatly refuses to wear the half-price striped shirts or pay for the only-slightly-soiled waistcoat.  He makes pointed remarks about the bad weather, with cynical reference to mackintoshes.  Am struck afresh by the selfishness of men.

7.45.  Remember that I have forgotten household linen and Kid’s boots, but determine not to let this spoil my good temper.

8.0.  Dine alone with Henry.  Do my best to show a forgiving spirit in face of his egoism.  So to bed, conscious of a day well spent.

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OUR DAY OF UNREST.

    ["The great demand of the moment is something fresh to do on Sunday.”]
    —­Evening Paper.

  At the ample shrine of pleasure
    You have worshipped well and long
  On this day of so-called leisure,
    Yet you feel there’s something wrong.

  Blase is your air and jaded;
    Sabbath hours have lost their zest;
  Utter ennui has invaded
    Every corner of your chest.

  Sport is shorn of all its glamour;
    Motoring proves no more a lure;
  So you come to me and clamour
    For a speedy psychic cure.

  Well, my friend, if fresh sensation
    Is the object of your search,
  And you want a consultation,
    My advice is, Go to church.

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BOLSHEVISM IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.

    “Whitley Councils are the latest development in Government offices in
    Whitehall.  What is aimed at is a system of promotion free and
    uninterrupted from top to bottom.”

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[Illustration:  THE HEIR PRESUMPTIVE.

Labour. “PERHAPS IT’S A SIZE TOO BIG FOR ME AT PRESENT.”

Coalition. “GLAD YOU FEEL LIKE THAT, AS I HAVEN’T QUITE FINISHED WITH IT.”]

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[Illustration:  Soulful Party. “AH, YES, THE WORLD IS ALWAYS SO—­WE NEVER STREW FLOWERS ON A MAN’S GRAVE UNTIL AFTER HE IS DEAD.”]

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THE CANDOUR OF KEYNES.

(Suggested by the perusal of “The Economic Consequences of the Peace.")

  There was a superior young person named KEYNES
  Who possessed an extensive equipment of brains,
  And, being elected a Fellow of King’s,
  He taught Economics and similar things.

  On the outbreak of war he at once made his mark
  As a “tempy,” but Principal, Treasury Clerk,
  And the Permanent Staff and the CHANCELLOR too
  Pronounced him a flier and well worth his screw.

  So he went to the Conference, not as a mute,
  To act as the CHANCELLOR’S chief substitute,
  And in this extremely responsible post
  He mingled with those who were ruling the roast.