Hairdresser. "ANY BAY-RUM, SIR?"

Middy. "THANK YOU—A—NO! NOT QUITE so EARLY IN THE MORNING—YOU KNOW!"


"CLERK ME NO CLERKS."

It seems Sir E.C., Q.C., likes

The blatant, brazen, Boothian band,

Admires "abstaining" zeal that strikes

The biggest drum with boldest hand.

He says, "You must not judge some others' case

By tastes much more refined," less commonplace.