UTILE CUM DULCE.
Inquisitive Gent. "You will—a—Think me very Indiscreet—but I cannot help Wondering what this Elaborately-Carved and Curiously-Ramified Structure is for. Is it for Ornament only, or intended to Heat the House, or Something?"
Fastidious Host. "O, it's the Drains! I like to have 'em where I can Look after 'em myself. Pooty design, ain't it? Majolica, you know.... Have some Chicken?"
OLD GHOSTS AND NEW.
Of old, around the whitening embers,
One, here and there, as yet remembers
The tales of Ghosts, at Christmas season,
Which once were wont to stagger Reason.
Those tales are told no more at Christmas,