Mrs. Symons (wishing to draw attention, in the time-honoured manner, to the amount of dust on the drawing-room furniture). "Look at that, Martha; I can write my name on the piano."

Martha. "Fancy, now, you spelling it with a 'y.'"


TO A MAKER OF PILLS.

"The Pill Trade has fallen on evil days; no ex-service men seem to require pills."—A pill manufacturer summoned for rates at Willesden.

O Benefactor of the British Tommy,

So often sick in far unfriendly climes,