Volume 147 — SEASONABLE GIFTS.
Reading edition
I. The Mottle.
A new and ingenious development of the old-fashioned hot-water bottle. The ordinary hot-water bottle warms but a small portion of the bed. The Mottle, possessing a motor attachment, can be wound up and it will then travel all over the bed, diffusing an agreeable warmth everywhere. May be used as an engine in the nursery by day. 33s. 6d. The Chesterton, for large-size beds, 44s. 11d. This kind also makes an excellent gift for soldiers in the trenches. It will travel half-a-mile before requiring further petrol.
FULFILMENT.
Austria. "I SAID ALL ALONG THIS WAS GOING TO BE A PUNITIVE EXPEDITION."
The steam-roller (English) at work. "Nothing, Madam, I assure you—didn't feel it."
The Patriotic mind at work. "But, young man, if you can stand hardships like that, how is it you are not at the front?"