HAVING YOUR HOST’S VALET UNPACK YOUR VALISE.
HIS CURE
NIGHTMARE OF A YOUNG MAN WHO CONTEMPLATED MARRYING FOR MONEY.
THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM.
“You want to marry my daughter? Which one of the ten? Maud, eh?” (To confidential clerk) “Is Maud engaged yet, John?”
Clerk (consulting book): Not at present, sir.
“Then put the baron through the usual course of questions, and, if satisfactory, put him on Maud’s eligible list. (To suitor) as soon as we can arrange the desirability of the various applicants we will let you know the result. Good-day, sir.”
