ILLUSTRATIONS

[ "I WON'T TAKE YOUR ORDER UNLESS YOU THROW IN THAT TROUT DINNER" . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ "IT'S COME AT LAST! SKINNER'S ASKED FOR A RAISE" ]

[ "THE GENERAL EFFECT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT!" ]

[ "THERE," SHE CRIED, "YOU CAN CREDIT YOUR
DRESS-SUIT ACCOUNT WITH THAT!" ]

[ "MRS. SKINNER, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ARCHIBALD RUTHERFORD,
OF HASTINGS-ON-THE-HUDSON, ACCOMPANIES HER HUSBAND" ]

[ "WHY CAN'T I GO WITH THOSE PEOPLE," SHE SNIFFLED ]

From Drawings by F. Vaux Wilson