ANOTHER PRETTY LITTLE AMERICANISM.
Englishman (to Fair New-Yorker). "MAY I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF DANCING WITH YOU!"
Darling. "I GUESS YOU MAY—FOR I CALC'LATE THAT IF I SIT MUCH LONGER HERE, I SHALL BE TAKING ROOT!"
THE COSTERMONGER AS HE IS.
Coster (with hideous yell). "YA! HO!—CAULIFLOWERS—HO!"
AND AS HE MIGHT BE.