I wonder if Mr. Penn's celebrated ditty. "The Honeysuckle and the Bee," has had time yet to afford annoyance to the inhabitants of Shanghai. At any rate T hope not to the same extent that: it has offended the ears of poor Poplar. On Easter Monday (according to the Daily Mail"), a street musical thought he saw an opporturfty for money making, so he took up a good position in a much used thoroughfare and began to play this much-approved ditty. For fifteen hours he continued with no variation of tune, and yet no one tentured to object, but on the other hand evidently paid for the doubtful amusement. When, however, he appeared again last Monday and again started on the same air they felt that something must be done. A consultation was accordingly held, and some of the council of war mysteriously disappeared, but returned shortly with a second musician whom they stationed exactly opposite the lover of the modest Honeysuckde with instructions that he might' play everything else he knew, but not that. The plan' succeeded admirably as the newcomb er received the unanimous support of the neighbourhood and the gentleman who apparently has such a limited repertoire had to move on elsewhere.
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23rd May.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.