Padministration, the management

Page 4. — I. le grand monde, the besî society.

2. La Muette de Portici, a favorite opéra by Auber, a celebrated French composer, 1 782-1871.

3. chauvinisme, y/«fZ'2J"»/. Chauvin was the name given in thecomic papers to the French " Tommy Atkins," who was represented as blindly and intolerantly patriotic.

Page 6. — I. blouse blanches, the characteristic dress of the French mechanic and artisan. The Parisian blouse blattche plays an important part in the popular movements of the middle of this century. He appears whenever there is a disturbance brewing ; his are the most blatant notes of the popular voice.

Page 6. — I. bienhas hère the force of "indeed." Although some fun was m,ade of. . ,

Page 7. — I. canard, figuratively, hoax.