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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3630, 14 August 1880, Page 4

He must be a very bold man who would undertake to play a joke upon members of the ltoyal Family. Yet the young men of the Windsor and Albert Institute seem to have been bold enough to undertake the task. Prince and Princess Christian Princess Beatrice, and the Grand Duke of Hesse attended the opening of a bazaar at the Institute'named. After walking through the " iancy fair," and making sundry purchases, the Royal party were invited to inspect a room devoted ostensibly to a' fine art exhibition. The visitors were each presented with a catalogue to gnide them in their tour round the apartment. The recipients, however, must have been considerably surprised on comparing the catalogue with the exhibits. For instance, the first item " Lynx in repose," by A Constable, was represented by a pair of handcuffs, whilst answering the description of " The Babes in the Wood" were a couple of dolls wrapped up in a shaving. A Yarmouth bloater was described in the catalogue as "Caught in a squall off Yarmouth." On searching for "The Day before the Twelfth on the Perthshire Moors," the party found simply the letters " the eleventh," and: in place of "A statuette in bronze of her Majesty" (kindly lent for the occasion), they found a penny fixed to the wall. A Wellington and a Blucher boot did service for "Heroes of Waterloo," while a match with the head off answered for "The Powers of Lucifer Defeated." It is gratifying to learn that the Prince and Princesses seemed thoroughly to enjoy the joke, and that none of the Institute authorities were beheaded on the spot. > Tonal's way of expressing it.—SceneRoad leading from a churchyard. Twa Hieland freends meet. Tuncan :—Fa's funeral has she peen it ta day P" Tonal :— At puir Tavitt Grant's." Toncim (surprised) :—" Is Tavitt Grant deid ? Fat did she dee o'?" Tonal:—She didna dee ava, puir chiel. She wuss kilt."