Happy-Thought Hall

by F. C. Burnand

Boodels' grandmother, it turns out, is deaf.

Here again what a recommendation for a chaperon! and how very few employments are open to deaf people. No harmless, bodily ailment would disqualify, except a violent cold and sneezing.

JENKYNS SOAMES, ESQ. (Professor of Scientific Economy.)

A chaperon with a song: useful. Consider this idea in futuro. Put it down and assist the others in our list.

We ought to make our company a good salad.

I propose my friend, Jenkyns Soames.

Jenkyns Soames is a scientific man.

“We mustn't be dull,” says Boodels, which I feel is covertly an objection to my friend.

Chilvern says that he thinks we ought to have an old man.