SUBACIDITIES.

Gladys. "Oh, Muriel dear, that heavenly Frock!—I think it looks lovelier every Year!"


THE LAY OF THE (MUSIC-HALL) LAUREATE.

Ah! Who talks of the reversion of the Laurel,

Of your Morrisses, and Swinburnes, and that gang?

I could lick them in a canter—that's a moral!

I'm the most prolific bard who ever sang.