EUPHEMISM.
Man in Boat. "Come along, old Chap, and let's pull up to Marlow."
Man on Shore. "I think I'll get you to excuse me old Man. I don't like Sculling—it—er—hurts the back of my Head so!">[
PLAYING AT WORK.
A New Morality.
["The working woman of to-day, be she journalist, teacher, or what not, is suffering terribly from fierce competition, and this is largely due to the fact that women who are merely working for pleasure enter the labour market."—"An Old-Fashioned Woman" in the "Daily Chronicle."]
When the Curse of Labour was laid on Man,
Toil's visage glowered grimly,