Extract from Mr. Herbert Stodge's letter to his sister. "WE WERE GLAD TO HAVE OUR NEPHEW AND NIECE WITH US, BUT, FRANKLY, THEY ARE TOO SOLEMN.

"WE TOOK THEM TO THE PANTOMIME; THEY CAME OUT GOLFING WITH US;
AND WE ALLOWED THEM TO SIT UP LATE, BUT THE ONLY TIME THEY SMILED WAS WHEN THEY SAID GOOD-BYE."

AT OUR LOCAL FANCY CARNIVAL.

Individual in Tights. "I SAY, THIS PLACE IS BEASTLY WARM—I THINK I'LL CUT OFF HOME."