An excellent subject for anima aversion suggested to us as being highly seasonable is that of the lounge lizard, his habits and occasional rewards. This animal la usually to be toupd in the halls jof hotels or other precincts adjacent to where dances are in progress, and having come arrayed. in all his finery, he is ready to dances. with any woman of his acquaintance who may arrive in the course of the evening. As the latter is generally one of a party, already made up and doubtless. skilfully balanced, the lizard has. to thrust into the group, acquire his partner, dance his dance and so off again, The outstanding feature of the breed is that never on any conceivable occasion does: he go to the expense of arranging a party for himself, and moreover he is: perfectly, unconcerned about the inconvenience to which he puts his self-appointed entertainers. To say that the creature is a pest is to put it mildly, and his presence might well result in the formation of a League of Hosts (the entertaining kind) to eradicate him. Tact-may do a lot, perhaps, but a display of courage, both moral and physical, is an infinitely better method.' For instance, it only recently happened in Japan that a man, giving a dinner and dance party, was thus victimized, and he saved himself from all further worry by pursuing the lizard to his lair and informing him that he was perfectly capable of doing all his own, entertaining, and that it cost him a certain amount of money to do so he demanded policy of non-interference in future. It was a thoroughly successful interview from his point of view, and lizards now dislike him berth. fe; to the point of giving him a wide
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