THE SERVANTS' COLLEGE
Mr. Punch rejoices to hear that "the greatest plague of life" has a slight chance of being abated by the establishment of a College for Servants, who will be educated in the most careful way to do justice to their employers—the main idea being that most lucidly stated by the Dean of Saint Patrick's, that it is the chief duty of every servant to ascertain the full amount of his master's income, and to spend the whole of it on his own department. Having been favoured with an early copy of the subjects with which the courses will commence, Mr. Punch is glad to give to this useful undertaking the advantage of his worldwide publicity.
Class 1. Lady Housekeepers.—"How to manage a widower with young children. In three heads: 1, Domestication; 2, Flirtation; 3, Temptation."
Class 2. Cooks.—"How to make the kitchen-fire too hot for the missus, and too cool for the sirloin."
Son of the House. "Aren't you dancing this? May I have the pleasure? I'm trying to do my duty all round to-night!"