"HOW CHARMING YOU LOOK, DEAR MRS. BELLAMY—AS USUAL! WOULD YOU MIND TELLING ME WHO MAKES YOUR LOVELY FROCKS? I'M SO DISSATISFIED WITH MY DRESSMAKER!"

"OH, CERTAINLY. MRS. CHIFFONNETTE, OF BOND STREET."

"CHIFFONNETTE! WHY, I'VE BEEN TO HER FOR YEARS! THE WRETCH! I WONDER WHY SHE SUITS YOU SO MUCH BETTER, NOW!"


A TALK OVER THE TUB;

Or, Legal Laundresses in Council.

["The whole legal machinery is out of gear, and the country is too busy to put it right."—Law Times.]

A Leading Laundress.

Wich I say, Missis 'ALSBURY, Mum,

We are all getting into a quand'ry;