Was it dear LEWIS CARROLL, perhaps
Sent his phantom to christen the barque,
Since a Blimp is the obvious vessel for chaps
When hunting a snark?
And to-day, in the first-fruits of joy,
I scarcely believe it is true
That Blimp is a word we shall one day employ
As lightly as now Bakerloo;
And my reason refuses to jump
To the fact that a man, not an imp,
Can flash through the other and land with a bump
From a trip in a Blimp.
* * * * *
"It needs no very profound knowledge of the politics of
South-Western Europe to surmise that neither Rumania nor
Greece would lend military assistance of this kind without
being promised something in return.--_Manchester Guardian_.
But a rather more profound knowledge of the geography might be useful.
* * * * *
THE OLD INVINCIBLE.
It is late in the day to draw attention to Mr. Punch as a prophet.
Everyone knows that his eyes have always discerned the farthest
horizon. None the less it is pleasant now and again to succumb to the
temptation of saying "I told you so," and especially when it is the
finger of a friendly reader that points the way to the Sage's triumph.
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