THE "OFF" SEASON
Daphne, that day
Do you remember
(Then it was May,
Now it's November)
Plighting our troth
Nothing should sever;
Binding us both
Firmly, for ever?
Yes, I allow
Strephon's more showy;—
As for me, now
I prefer Chloe.
Yet, if men say
"Fickle," remember
Then it was May,
Now it's November.
Paper for the Newly-Married..—The Economist.
"À Propos!"—Sententious Old Bachelor (in the course of conversation). "As the 'old saw' has it, my dear madam, 'Man proposes, but——'"
Widow
(
promptly
). "Yes; but that's just what he doesn't do!" (
Tableau!
)
Motto for the Divorce Court.—Marry, and come up!
She. "But, George, suppose papa settles my dowry on me in my own right?"
He. "Well, my dear girl, it's—er—nothing to me if he does!"
ABOUT TO ENTER THE BRIDAL STATE