MRS.

HERRICK OBJECTS TO BOHEMIA We fear originality as a coat which is too new, and do our utmost to be like the rest of the world .-- CARMEN SYLVA.
Life is work....

Life without work is unworthy of being lived .-- BISHOP EDWARD BICKERSTETH.
Twenty minutes later Malcolm knocked at the door of his mother's dressing-room.

A deep, sonorous voice bade him enter.

As he did so Mrs.
Herrick laid down the book she was reading on the toilet-table, and turned to greet him.