She. Engaged at last! Now will he keep a carriage?

He. That's done! How shall I like the yoke of marriage?


A Serious Case.—Cook (reading from daily paper). "Last night's official statement shows that there are fifty thousand cases of influenza in the metropolis." Nervous Parlourmaid. "Oh, Mary! And how many are there in a case?"


AT FORTY.

She. When will the major come up to the scratch?