Well, back wi’ the sowin’,
    An’ rent-day to meet,
  I had to get goin’
    Or own I were beat. 
  The banks needed trimmin’;
    The roots wasn’t in;
  ’Twas either take wimmin
    Or walk out o’ Lynn.

  They came.  They was pretty
    An’ white o’ the hand,
  But good-heart an’ gritty
    An’ chockful o’ sand;
  Wi’ energy brimmin’
    Right up to the chin—­
  An’ that sort o’ wimmin
    Was welcome at Lynn.

  At ploughin’ they’re able,
    Or drainin’ a fen,
  They’ll muck out a stable
    As well as the men. 
  Their praises I’m hymnin’,
    For where would ha’ bin,
  If it weren’t for the wimmin,
    John Buckham, at Lynn?

W.H.O.

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[Illustration:  Mrs Green. to Mrs. Jones (who is gazing at an aeroplane).  “MY WORD!  I SHOULDN’T CARE FOR ONE OF THEM FLYING THINGS TO SETTLE ON ME.”]

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“The Cairo Governorate has engaged white-washers to whiten plate-forms of points from which streets branch which will be compelled by the end of next week, before the commencement of the gaz lanterns decrease take place.”—­Egyptian Gazette.

The Sphinx has been requested to furnish an explanation.

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OUR INDOMITABLES.

“THE ENGLISH GIRL.

“STANDING IN WITNESS-BOX WITHOUT A QUIVER.

    “Rose ——­, sixty-seven, ——­ road, South Tottenham, a young girl, was
    a witness in a London county court when the boom of guns and detonation
    of bombs were heard.”—­Daily Paper.

Our English girls to-day are only as old as they feel.

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“Mrs. A. Thomson writes a vigorous protest against the carelessness with which the W.F.L. resolution urging the Prime Minister to make Woman Suffrage an integral part of the Bill, was acknowledged on his behalf.  The acknowledgment was as follows:—­

    “’I am directed by the Prime Minister to acknowledge the receipt of the
    resolution which you have forwarded on the subject of the formation of
    a Maternity Department in the new Ministry of Health.’”—­The Vote.

But was it carelessness, or humour?

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HEART-TO-HEART TALKS.

    (Herr Schultze and Herr Mueller, privates in a Prussian regiment of
    Infantry.)

Schultze. Leave will soon be over now and we shall have to go back to the fighting.

Mueller. Yes; it is not a very cheerful prospect.

Schultze. No; that is a very true saying.  And, what is more, there seems no possible end to this War, though (dropping his voice and looking round) we all hate it from the bottom of our hearts.