SMOKED OFF!

(An Appeal from the Knife-board of a City Omnibus.)

[The latest complaint of "the Ladies" is that they are being "smoked off" the tops of the omnibuses.]

The "knife-board," sacred once to broad male feet,

The "Happy Garden Seat,"

Invaded now by the non-smoking sex,

Virginal scruples vex,

And matronly anathemas assail.

Alas! and what avail