HOW ROMANTIC!

She. "I say, this is pretty awful! Poor little Miss Messup!—It says here that 'Shortly after the Wedding she discovered he wasn't really a Baron!'"

He. "Well. Think of the poor Johnny when he found out she wasn't really an Heiress!"


THE CANDIDATE'S VADE MECUM.

Question. Why do you desire to enter the House of Commons?

Answer. Because, if I am honoured by my fellow-men by being chosen to represent them, it is my ambition to serve them faithfully and maintain in all its glorious integrity the time-honoured heritage of this mighty empire.