AN EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.

"——And oh, Mabel, a Wretch mistook my Skirt for the 'Bus Apron, the other day, and didn't find out his mistake for ever so long. Of course he was awfully nice about it; so I had to say, it didn't matter. But wasn't it dreadful!"


GENEROSITY UNDER DIFFICULTIES.

(The Question of the Day.)

Daisy. I want to buy a Christmas present for Jack. Do you see anything you think he would like?

Violet. Here's a morocco case with seven razors, one for each day of the week.