How We Arrange our Little Dinners.—

Mistress. "Oh, cook, we shall want dinner for four this evening. What do you think, besides the joint, of ox-tail-soup, lobster patés, and an entrée—say, beef?"

Cook. "Yes,'m—Fresh, or Austr——?"

Mistress. "Let's see? It's only the Browns—tinned will do!"


Motto for a Servants' Hall.—"They also serve who only stand and wait."—Milton.


"Cook's" Excursionist.—Her policeman on a trip.


Sweet Simplicity.—Visitor. "Jane, has your mistress got a boot-jack?"