Her First Play.
Mamma (who has taken Miss Effie, as a great treat, to a morning performance). "Hush, dear! You mustn't talk!"
Miss Effie (with clear sense of injustice, and pointing to the stage). "But, mummy,—they're talking!"
Q. When are the affairs of a theatre likely to assume a somewhat fishy aspect? A. When there's a sole lessee.
Evangeline. Why is this called the dress circle, mamma?
Mamma. Because the stalls are the undressed circle, dear.
A Form of Equestrian Drama.—Horseplay.
