PAST AND PRESENT.
Serious and much-Married Man. "My dear Friend, I was astonished to hear of your dining at Madame Troisétoiles!—a 'Woman with a Past,' you know!"
The Friend (Bachelor "unattached"). "Well, you see, old Man, she's got a first-rate Chef, so it isn't her 'Past,' but her 'Re-past' that I care about."
IN PRAISE OF PENTONVILLE.
["The healthiest place in England is Pentonville Prison."—Daily Graphic.]
Is it sadey ye're falin' an' pale, me bhoy,
Loike a sprat that has swallered a whale, me bhoy?
The best thing Oi know
Is a sixer or so