A. No; the handsome model has been permanently engaged by the eminent R.A.

Q. Under these circumstances, do you still expect to get finished in time?

A. Yes; I have been at this stage in February for as many years as I can remember, and have generally managed to worry through somehow.


Whenever the "Reduced Prizefighters" take a benefit at a theatre, the play should be The Miller and his Men.


A Nice Man.—Mr. Swiggins was a sot. He was also a sloven. He never had anything neat about him but gin.


Under a great master