*** A correspondent writes to a paper to ask if it is necessary to have a licence to play the cornet in the streets.

Intermediate steps to the band: B flat cornet or trumpet.

Sweet fife an' piccalo, Bofe warblin' sof an' lo' Slide ho'n an' saxophones, Jazz syncopated tones, Snare drum an' lead cornet, Alto an' clarinet, Las', but not least, dar cum Cymbals an' big bass drum O!

There she found the friendly cornet and his comrade, Hugh Riley, on the alert to distinguish their loyalty in her cause.

I would forgive him, if he did not know a cornet from an ensign, I would forgive him, if he thought Italy a province of Asia Minor.

Suddenly "Ever of thee I'm fondly dreaming" pealed the cornets, pumped the trombones, whipping it out, cracking it off, with a rigor of rhythm to shame all peace-time languishments "Thy gentle voice my spirit can cheer.

During service, many of the natives gathered around, who seemed very merry, playing and leaping about, and sounding cornets, horns, and other instruments.

" Tom, much abashed, grinned sheepishly, and old Robert continued, after a pause, still evidently in high good-humour: "Well, wheer's thy cornet?