THE INTERNATIONAL STAKES.


Model. "I BOUGHT A PICTURE O' YOURS THE OTHER DAY, SIR." Artist. "REALLY! WHERE DID YOU GET IT?"

Model. "GOT IT AT A LITTLE PAWNSHOP—'ALF-A-CROWN I GIVE FOR IT." (Artist emits a sardonic laugh.) "WHY, I 'AVEN'T BIN 'AD, 'AVE I, SIR?"