Out of her Element.—The last place which you would expect a woman to like is—a stillroom.


"Cuisine."—Mistress. "Susan, we're thinking of having a pig's head boiled for dinner. You understand it, I suppose?"

Cook. "Oh no, m'um. I told you before I came I didn't understand game!"


"In the Queen's Name."—Martha the Cook (to Lizzy the Housemaid). "'Ere's an 'orrible mistake. In 'is subscripshion list the heditor 'as spelt your name with a "hi" and a "he" instead of a "y.""


"A GHOSTLY VISITANT"