James's Park, at ballad
concerts, at Prince's and in the Burlington Arcade. The hitherto
unbroken success of the brilliant farcical comedy "Henry's Rabbit"
was imperilled by the presence of drearily weeping women in stalls
and circle and gallery, and one of the brightest divorce cases
that had been tried for many years was robbed of much of its
sparkle by the lachrymose behaviour of a section of the audience.
"What are we to do?" asked the Prime Minister, whose cook had wept
into all the breakfast dishes and whose nursemaid had gone out,
crying quietly and miserably, to take the children for a walk in
the Park.
"There is a time for everything," said the King; "there is a time
to yield. Pass a measure through the two Houses depriving women
of the right to vote, and bring it to me for the Royal assent the
day after to-morrow."
As the Minister withdrew, Hermann the Irascible, who was also
nicknamed the Wise, gave a profound chuckle.
"There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with
cream," he quoted, "but I'm not sure," he added, "that it's not
the best way."
THE UNREST-CURE
0n the rack in the railway carriage immediately opposite Clovis
was a solidly wrought travelling-bag, with a carefully written
label, on which was inscribed, "J.
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