The Comic Almanack, Volume 2 / An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities

by William Makepeace Thackeray; Gilbert Abbott À Beckett; Henry Mayhew; Horace Mayhew; Albert Smith

PLAY-BILL DIALOGUES.

The play-bills have got into the habit of asking questions. We should not be surprised to see the other play-bills answering them, in this way.

Adelphi. "Did you ever send your wife to Camberwell?"

Queen's. "Well, I can't say that ever I did, but I'll make a point of asking her the first time I see her."

Haymarket. "Lend me five shillings?"

Victoria. "My dear fellow, I only wish you may get it."

Covent Garden. "What will the world say?"

Surrey. "Ri tol de riddle lol, riddle lol de lay."

Lyceum. "Which Mr. Smith?"

Norton Folgate. "Whichever you like, my little dear."

Douglas Jerrold. "Time works wonders."

Paul Bedford. "I believe you, my b-o-o-o-o-oy."

EDUCATION ON THE "MUTUAL ADVANTAGE"
SYSTEM.

Pedagogue (who gives Food for the Mind for Food for the Body). "I tell you what it is, young Suett. It is not the first time your father has sent me bad mutton, and while he sends me such a bad leg as he has done now for three days running, I'm not going to tell you whether Constantinople is the capital of Otaheite or not."