DEFINITIONS.

Mater.—One who finds mates for her daughters.

Check Mate.—A husband with money.


Mrs. R. says:—"My nephew, who has just returned from a long voyage, tells me that in the Red Sea it is so hot that the gentlemen sleep on deck in their bananas."


Signor W. H. Smithini (sotto voce). "WISH I COULD HAVE KEPT 'EM ALL THREE ABREAST, JUST FOR THE LOOK OF THE THING!"


HINTS FOR THE PARK.

Don't try to turn your Tandem at the Trot, particularly if your Leader is of a somewhat wilful disposition.