Railroad Amenities.
"So glad you got into the same carriage. A little of your conversation so lightens a long journey;" i.e., "He'll talk my head off, and render a nap impossible."
"Would you like to look at the papers?" i.e., "May keep her tongue still for a few minutes."
The Busy "B."
[Mr. Bancroft has just settled one theatrical difference, and now he is engaged on a "far more delicate matter"; i.e., a dispute between a Manager and an Actor.]
How doth the little busy "B"
Employ each leisure hour?
By arbitrating all the day
With great dramatic power.