And they answer on the self-same plan!

Only fancy, &c.


Mrs. R. says there is such a scare now about typhoid, that she always takes a tin of dis-connecting fluid about with her. She also says, a bottle of automatic vinegar is very refreshing in church.


MY GARDENERESS.

["Lady Carlisle is training an entire staff of women gardeners, who, she hopes, will keep the grounds of her Yorkshire home in as perfect a condition as their male predecessors have done."—Pall Mall Gazette.]

Come into the garden, Maud,

Why has not the grass been mown?

Come into the garden, Maud,