When may funds be supposed to be unsteady? When money is “tight.”

My first is what mortals ought to do;
My second is what mortals have done;
My whole is the result of my first.

Love-err (lover).

Why is fashion like a blank cartridge? Because it’s all powder and puff!

Why is a man with a great many servants like an oyster? Because he’s eat out of house and home.

Why is the fourth of July like oysters? Because we can’t enjoy them without crackers.

Why was General Washington childless? Because a nation might call him father.

Why is a very pretty, well-made, fashionable girl like a thrifty housekeeper? Because she makes a great bustle about a small waist.

Why are ladies’ dresses about the waist like a political meeting? Because there is a gathering there, and always more bustle than necessary.

Why is a young lady’s bustle like an historical tale? Because it’s a fiction founded on fact.