I.—SHOULD SHE HAVE WORN THEM?
Lady Gertrude seated at breakfast table. Eggs, ham, bacon, kidneys, kippers, etc. Lady Gertrude helps herself to all except the last.
Sir Anthony enters late. She glares at him while he seats himself. Butler offers him everything in turn, but each dish is waved away by Lady Gertrude. At last he seizes a kipper on his fork. He takes one bite. It is snatched away by Lady Gertrude and thrown at the cat. He takes a piece of toast, but is unable to secure margarine or marmalade. He breakfasts.
At the front door. Sir Anthony stands waiting. Hunting garb complete, except that he wears black trousers instead of white breeches. A friend arrives on horseback, and indicates, “Coming to the meet in those?” Sir Anthony jerks thumb in direction of Lady Gertrude, and points to his trousers.
(Solution in next week’s local paper.)