CULTURE FOR THE MILLION; or, SOCIETY AS IT MAY BE.
HIGH ART BELOW STAIRS.—Cook. Sh—sh—! Moderato, Susan! Affettuoso, Jim! Ben marcato il basso, Mr. Raffles! Bravi tutti! Da capo!
GENTLE REBUKE.
Old Gentleman. How charmingly that young lady sings! Pray, who composed the beautiful song she has just favoured us with?
Lady of the House. Oh, it is by Mendelssohn.
Old Gentleman. Ah! One of his famous “Songs without Words,” I suppose.
(Moral.—Young ladies, when you sing, pronounce your words carefully, and then you will not expose
unmusical old gentlemen to making such a ridiculous mistake as the above.)
THE ONION GIRL
(After Tennyson’s “Lady of Shalotte.”)