Woodland Sprite (from Stepney, to eminent botanist). "Please, Mister, Maggie wants to know what you charge for taking twins?"
THE PASSING OF THE CRADLE.
[According to a report which recently appeared in a daily paper, cradles for infants are becoming a thing of the past.]
Snug retreat for mother's treasure,
Shall I pine as I repeat
Rumour's strange report, which says you're
Virtually obsolete?
Shall these lips a doleful lyric
Proffer at your ghostly bier,