VIRGINIA STOCK'S VIEW OF IT.

Is Marriage a Failure? Why, yes, to be sure.

But, oh! abolition won't furnish a cure.

Whilst thousands of spinsters in solitude tarry,

It's clearly a failure—because men won't marry.


An "Elastic Band."—The Marriage Tie (in the Divorce Court).


A PARTHIAN SHOT

He (after a quarrel, bitterly). "I was a fool when I married you!"

She (quietly, about to leave the room). "Yes; but I thought you would improve!"


HARMONY

Brown (Philistine). "I heard it was all 'off' between you and Miss Roweshett."

Wobbinson (Æsthete). "Ya-as. Incompatibility of complexion!—she didn't suit my furnitchar!!"


'Liza. "Wot's it feel like, bein' in love, Kytie?"

Katie. "Ow, it's prime, 'Liza. It's like 'avin' 'ot treacle runnin' daown yer back!"