Music.—Miss Schlesinger.
Medicine.—Mrs. Hennessy and the late Miss Fisher.
Philosophy.—Lady Welby.
Having myself, as usual, refused to speak, I was kindly reproached by Mr. Chisholm for declining, and told “to be sure to be amusing.”
But stop a moment! Punch was so delightful in his next issue, that it is to be hoped Toby will not yap at me for lifting the morsel wholesale.
“THE END OF WOMAN
“[Miss Fluffy Frou-Frou’s reply to Miss Janet Hogarth, who, at a recent Encyclopædia-Contributors’ Dinner, said the best answer she had ever heard to the question, ‘What are women put into this world for?’ was, ‘To keep the men’s heads straight.’]
“When you would settle woman’s place and aim
And duties on this planet,