To feel the tiny point, and say we end

The chance of many a thousand awful scars

That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation

Devoutly to be wished.—Ah! soft you now,

The Vaccinator! Sir, upon thy rounds

Be my poor arms remembered!

Punch, May 28, 1881.

——:o:——

Clean Linen!
Or, The Housewife’s Soliloquy.

To wash, or not wash?—that is the question!