Silly Season Correspondence

Owing to the prolonged performances at the Westminster Theatre of Varieties, the wave of Silly Summer Correspondence has not yet swept over our newspapers with its accustomed force. We are semi-officially informed, however, that the following letters are shortly to be dispatched to various organs.
By Sir Henry Campbell-
        Bannerman         .     .     .     .     “What to do with the old bills.”
By La Milo      .     .     .     .     .     .     “Modern Equestrian Costume. Is it too ornate?”
By Mr John O’Connor          .     . “Puppies and their breeding.”
By Viscount Turnour          .     . “Are idle men good-natured?”
By Mr Algernon Ashton           . “Should there be an age limit for unpaid contributors to the Press?”
By Lord Northcliffe      .     .     . “Is soap too expensive?”
By Mr Rockefeller         .     .     . “Are Rebates a mistake?”
By Lord Lansdowne      .     .     . “How to be happy though (on the point of being at some unspecified date) abolished.”
By Lord Elgin           .     .     .     .     “Do we do enough to make our subordinates comfortable?”
By Raisuli      .     .     .     .     .     . “Kaid-collecting as a hobby.”
By Sir H Maclean          .     .     . “Where to spend the Summer Holidays.”
By Mr Haldane        .     .     .     .     “Is an army a mistake?”
By the Archbishop of
        Canterbury       .     .     .     .     “Should Mormons marry all their deceased wives’ sisters?”
By Mr Joseph Lyons      .     .     . “The advisability of a special training for novelists.”
By Mr John Burns        .     .     . “How to become popular with Socialists.”
By Mr Percy Sherwell       .     . “Should cricketers be taught to swim?”
By Mr Grayson, MP           .     . “Pass the bottle: a brief treatise on marks­manship for beginners.”
By Mr Quelch         .     .     .     .     “Are the Germans a hospitable nation?”