Lady Vera. "Oh, yes, I have."

Pownceby. "And what did you think?"

Lady Vera. "Oh, I thought—that you had never done anything better."


THE LOST SMELL.

[The Queen's Hall is at present free from the smell of cooking hitherto "the inseparable accompaniment of orchestral music."—Times, Nov. 27.]

Seated to-day at a concert,

I am weary and ill at ease,

Though Lloyd and Albani are singing,

Or anyone else you please;