Mistress. "Well now, what can you cook?" Applicant. "Oh, I can cook any-think, mum." Mistress. "What about entrées?" Applicant. "Yes, I can do ontrays, mum." Mistress. "Can you do a vol-au-vent?" Applicant (doubtfully). "Well, mum, in my last place there was once some talk about a vollervong, but it fell through."


Clerical Æsthetics.—Fair Parishioner. "And do you like the pulpit, Mr. Auriol?"

The New Curate. "I do not. Er—it hides too much of the figure, and I like every shake of the surplice to tell!"

BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS LONDON AND TONBRIDGE.

Transcriber's Notes

Typographical errors have been silently corrected.

Variations in spelling, hyphenation and accents are as in the original.