Mother. "YES, DEAR."

Basil. "WELL, I FEEL AS IF I DIDN'T WANT TO GO AND WASH MY FACE."


SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE.

["The plain truth is that there are very few jobs that could not be done by women as well as they are being done by men."—Daily Paper.]

Chloe, in the placid days

Ere the war-clouds gathered,

I was prodigal in praise

Of your charm and winning ways;

You became a cult, a craze