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The Director of Women's Service has issued an appeal for several thousand
milkmaids. These must not be confused with milksops who are being taken
care of by other Departments.
***
"I have heard more bad music at temperance meetings," says Dr. SALEEBY,
"than I knew the world could contain." The temperance people are certainly
having persistent bad luck.
***
The keenest minds in Germany, says a Berlin correspondent, are now seeking
to discover the secret of the Fatherland's world-wide unpopularity. It is
this absurd sensitiveness on the part of our cultured opponent that is
causing some of her best friends in this country to lose hope.
***
A swallow has been seen over the Hollow Ponds at Epping Forest, but _The
Daily Mail_ is still silent as to whether Spring has arrived or not.
***
"New Laid Eggs," Sir JOHN MILLAIS' masterpiece, has recently been sold for
L1,155. It is reported that last December, when it looked as if the egg
might become extinct, a much higher price was offered for the picture.
***
In the absence of other grain, hens are to be fed upon frostbitten wheat
imported from Canada.
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