“Notice.

    The undersigned wishes to state I had just cause to leave, but I
    left neither bed nor board as I furnished my own board, and the
    bed being mine I took it.  Roxie ——.”

Same Paper, following day.

A good example of what Touchstone calls “The lie with circumstance.”

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“To-Night at 9.30.  NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.  For the first time in Calcutta.” Indian Paper.

Where was the Censor?

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[Illustration:  Bridegroom-Elect.”—­and we wants to have the hymn, ‘The flag that waved o’er Eden.’”]

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THE STATE AND THE SCREEN.

(By a Student of Film Politics.)

Great satisfaction has been evinced in film circles over the conferment of a signal honour on Signor Pavanelli, the outstanding Italian screen luminary.  The rank of Chevalier of the Crown of Italy is equivalent to a knighthood in this country, and Pavanelli’s elevation is a gratifying proof of the paramount position which the cinema is assuming in Italian national affairs.  But gratification is sadly tempered by the deplorable lack of State recognition from which film-artists suffer in this country.  The joint co-starring Sovereigns of the Screen, though acclaimed by the populace with an enthusiasm unparalleled in the annals of adoration, were allowed to depart from our shores without a single official acknowledgment of their services to humanity.  No vote of congratulation was passed by the Houses of Parliament; no honorary degree was conferred on them by any University; no ode of welcome was forthcoming from the pen of the Poet Laureate.

The discontent caused by the indifference of the Government to the wishes of the people is fraught with formidable possibilities.  Already there are serious rumours of the summoning of a Special Trade Union Congress to discuss the desirability of direct action as a means of compelling the Government to abandon their attitude of hostility to the only form of monarchy which the working-classes can conscientiously support.  It is further reported that Lieutenant-Commander Kenworthy, M.P., will seize the first opportunity to move the impeachment of Dr. Bridges.  The indignation in Printing House Square has reached boiling-point, and it is reported that the authorities are only awaiting the delivery of a huge consignment of small pica type to launch a fresh and final onslaught on the Coalition.

[Illustration:  BAD FOR THE BULL.]