Mr. Basil Boofuls, our Beautiful Thinker, though not quite recovered, has been tremen-dorisly cheered to read that the American Navy no longer has "the rough types of the old days."
He takes this as evidence of the spread of teaching, says the Showman in the "Daily Herald."
His dear, old platinum-haired mother, however, deplores the news.
"Split my topsails!" she exclaimed im disgust to Mr, Boofuls, "When I went to sea we ate belaying-pins and drank salt water. And if you were late showing a lem. the bosun hauled you out of your bunk like this!"
"That is the second time you have bounced me out of bed, mother," said Mr. Boofuls, gently picking himself up.
But she just laughed her barking laugh, lit er pipe, and clumped, out to chop down a Noblest of Nuts Tnt Duke of Atholl, who helped his wife in her by-election cai in Kinross and West Perth, was not worried because political opponents call her the Red Duchess, "When I was a wooer of votes," he said "I used to get pelted with herring guts, half bricks and sheep's heads."
To Kinross and West Perth twas Atholl who said "Than a snob I would rather be labelled a red:
"For insults and names I don't give a bawbee, "So up with the Duchess, and Atholl (that's mo) I y wee wife is canvassing women and men, "And I'm by her side in all weathers, ye ken: "We couch with the partridge and sleep With the stag, "And carry our coronets wrapped in a has e don't give a hoot for what anyone so; "We flourish' our claymores and take our own d summon the clan, "And down to the deal with the Government man!
When I was a member they threw herring guts "And sheeps' heads and bricks at my noblest of nuts:
But it took more than that to deter me.
Forbyet "Ye ken that my wife's as hardy as T."
"Up Kinross and West Perih! Shout Atholl-a-hoo!
ud send my wee wife back to Westminster noo!
"For, if you don't rally wi' votes and wi' cheers, "Twill be up with the Duchess and Atholl fo:
years!"
—By F. G. H. Salusbury in the "Daily Herald."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.