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MEMBERS OF THE UNDERWORLD 245(Jessica is of course a personality.) One rag inits time plays many parts.Having acted as theLimit, and then as the Last Straw, there isyetanother office to fill, which has grown up quiteFor we found that even the Last Strawlately.was not to be the last and lowest.There is a finaldepth in the form of the Ne Plus Ultra, whichiscalled in to handle the stove when the lampshave been smoking.It must not be imagined that any of thesesurvive the tour or indeed last out its wholecontinuance. At very frequent intervals theNe Plus Ultra finds a resting-place in Jessica aclean ragis started at the top of the rotation andthe others move one down.We have tried manymaterials and the best of all is a form of cheaprough towel, torn into pieces of about a footsquare.The Scullion has complete charge of all themembers of the underworld, for it is sometimesa little confusing, and it is above all necessarythat some one should remember which is which.