KEEPING CHRISTMAS—OUT
Butler of Modern English Home: "Not at ome. Her Ladyship is at Monty Carlo; the young gentlemen are in the Halps; and Sir John has taken the other members of the family to the Restorong."
Mrs. Montmorency-Smythe: "And what were you reading when I came in, my dear? Shakespeare! Ah! What a wonderful man! And to think that he wasn't exactly what one would call a gentleman."
CULTURE BY THE SEA
"Have you Browning's works?" "No, Miss. They're too difficult. People down here don't understand them." "Have you Praed?" "Prayed, Miss? Oh, yes; we've tried that, but it's no use!"
The "Souls"