The Lion at Home.—The Hope and Pride of the Family (just home from the grand tour). “Oh, really, you know, the men one meets in some of those places out west! I said to myself every night, ‘Well, thank Heaven I haven’t shot anybody!’”

Fond and Nervous Mother. “You mean, thank Heaven nobody shot you, don’t you, dear?”


AT A CONVERSAZIONE

Young Lady. “I suppose you know everybody here, Miss Oddie?”

Miss Oddie. “Oh, I know most of them. But there are several strange faces over there!


THE LAMENT OF THE LADIES’ MAN

In youth I never cared for sport;