A SUNDAY DINNER.Father of Family (who has accidentally shot the leg of a Fowl under the table).“Mind t’Dog doesn’t get it!”Young Hopeful (triumphantly).“All right, Feyther! I’ve gotten me Foot on it!”
A SUNDAY DINNER.Father of Family (who has accidentally shot the leg of a Fowl under the table).“Mind t’Dog doesn’t get it!”Young Hopeful (triumphantly).“All right, Feyther! I’ve gotten me Foot on it!”
A SUNDAY DINNER.
Father of Family (who has accidentally shot the leg of a Fowl under the table).“Mind t’Dog doesn’t get it!”
Young Hopeful (triumphantly).“All right, Feyther! I’ve gotten me Foot on it!”
BLASÉ.Kitty (reading a fairy tale).“‘Once upon a time there was a Frog——’”Mabel (interrupting).“I bet it’s a Princess! Go on!”
BLASÉ.Kitty (reading a fairy tale).“‘Once upon a time there was a Frog——’”Mabel (interrupting).“I bet it’s a Princess! Go on!”
BLASÉ.
Kitty (reading a fairy tale).“‘Once upon a time there was a Frog——’”
Mabel (interrupting).“I bet it’s a Princess! Go on!”
MUCH ADO.“Mamma-a-a! Boo-hoo! We’s crying! Tum up ’tairs an’ see what’s de matter wiv us!”
MUCH ADO.“Mamma-a-a! Boo-hoo! We’s crying! Tum up ’tairs an’ see what’s de matter wiv us!”
MUCH ADO.
“Mamma-a-a! Boo-hoo! We’s crying! Tum up ’tairs an’ see what’s de matter wiv us!”
”A SOFT ANSWER,” &c.Importunate Street Urchin (for the tenth time).“Gi’ us a Copper, Sir! Gi’ us a Copper!”Testy Individual (losing patience).“Oh, go to“—(substitutes a milder form)—“BLAZES!”Street Urchin.“Sure thin an’ I would in this bastly could weather, if I was only certain o’ comin’ back again!”[Individual’s testiness overcome and Urchin rewarded.
”A SOFT ANSWER,” &c.Importunate Street Urchin (for the tenth time).“Gi’ us a Copper, Sir! Gi’ us a Copper!”Testy Individual (losing patience).“Oh, go to“—(substitutes a milder form)—“BLAZES!”Street Urchin.“Sure thin an’ I would in this bastly could weather, if I was only certain o’ comin’ back again!”[Individual’s testiness overcome and Urchin rewarded.
”A SOFT ANSWER,” &c.
Importunate Street Urchin (for the tenth time).“Gi’ us a Copper, Sir! Gi’ us a Copper!”
Testy Individual (losing patience).“Oh, go to“—(substitutes a milder form)—“BLAZES!”
Street Urchin.“Sure thin an’ I would in this bastly could weather, if I was only certain o’ comin’ back again!”
[Individual’s testiness overcome and Urchin rewarded.
NOT WHAT HE MEANT.Superior ’Arry.“Cabbie! To the—aw—the Prince of Wales’s.”Cabbie.“Marlbro’ ’Ouse, my Lord?”
NOT WHAT HE MEANT.Superior ’Arry.“Cabbie! To the—aw—the Prince of Wales’s.”Cabbie.“Marlbro’ ’Ouse, my Lord?”
NOT WHAT HE MEANT.
Superior ’Arry.“Cabbie! To the—aw—the Prince of Wales’s.”
Cabbie.“Marlbro’ ’Ouse, my Lord?”
PICKINGS FROM PICARDY.After the Procession. A Solo by Grand-père.
PICKINGS FROM PICARDY.After the Procession. A Solo by Grand-père.
PICKINGS FROM PICARDY.
After the Procession. A Solo by Grand-père.
BOTANY; OR, A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.“Say, Billee, shall we gaver Mushrooms?”“Yus. I’m a Beggar to Climb!”
BOTANY; OR, A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.“Say, Billee, shall we gaver Mushrooms?”“Yus. I’m a Beggar to Climb!”
BOTANY; OR, A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.
“Say, Billee, shall we gaver Mushrooms?”
“Yus. I’m a Beggar to Climb!”
A MODEL.Little Guttersnipe (who is getting quite used to posing).“Will yer want me ter tike my Bun down?”
A MODEL.Little Guttersnipe (who is getting quite used to posing).“Will yer want me ter tike my Bun down?”
A MODEL.
Little Guttersnipe (who is getting quite used to posing).“Will yer want me ter tike my Bun down?”
A LECTURE IN STORE.“Areyou comin’ ’ome?”“I’ll do ellythik youlikein reasol, M’ria—(hic)—Bur Iwon’tcome ’ome.”
A LECTURE IN STORE.“Areyou comin’ ’ome?”“I’ll do ellythik youlikein reasol, M’ria—(hic)—Bur Iwon’tcome ’ome.”
A LECTURE IN STORE.
“Areyou comin’ ’ome?”
“I’ll do ellythik youlikein reasol, M’ria—(hic)—Bur Iwon’tcome ’ome.”
A SKETCH FROM LIFE.Chorus (slow music).“We’re a rare old—fair old—rickety, rackety Crew!”
A SKETCH FROM LIFE.Chorus (slow music).“We’re a rare old—fair old—rickety, rackety Crew!”
A SKETCH FROM LIFE.
Chorus (slow music).“We’re a rare old—fair old—rickety, rackety Crew!”
A GOURMAND.Youngster (who has just had a Penny given to him).“’Ow much is them Grapes, Mister?”Shopkeeper (amused).“They are Four Shillings and Sixpence a Pound, my Lad.”Youngster.“Well, then, give us a ’A’porth o’Carrots. I’m aDemonforFruit!”
A GOURMAND.Youngster (who has just had a Penny given to him).“’Ow much is them Grapes, Mister?”Shopkeeper (amused).“They are Four Shillings and Sixpence a Pound, my Lad.”Youngster.“Well, then, give us a ’A’porth o’Carrots. I’m aDemonforFruit!”
A GOURMAND.
Youngster (who has just had a Penny given to him).“’Ow much is them Grapes, Mister?”
Shopkeeper (amused).“They are Four Shillings and Sixpence a Pound, my Lad.”
Youngster.“Well, then, give us a ’A’porth o’Carrots. I’m aDemonforFruit!”
SOTHATDOESN’T COUNT.“Are you sure they’re quite Fresh?”“Wot a Question to arst! Can’t yer see they’re Alive?”“Yes; butyou’reAlive, you know!”
SOTHATDOESN’T COUNT.“Are you sure they’re quite Fresh?”“Wot a Question to arst! Can’t yer see they’re Alive?”“Yes; butyou’reAlive, you know!”
SOTHATDOESN’T COUNT.
“Are you sure they’re quite Fresh?”
“Wot a Question to arst! Can’t yer see they’re Alive?”
“Yes; butyou’reAlive, you know!”
A SPECIAL PLEADER.First Boy.“Give us a Bite of your Apple, Bob.”Second Boy.“Shan’t.”First Boy.“What for?”Second Boy.“Cos yer axed me!”(After a pause.)Small Boy.“Gi’ me a Bite, Bob. I never axed yer!”
A SPECIAL PLEADER.First Boy.“Give us a Bite of your Apple, Bob.”Second Boy.“Shan’t.”First Boy.“What for?”Second Boy.“Cos yer axed me!”(After a pause.)Small Boy.“Gi’ me a Bite, Bob. I never axed yer!”
A SPECIAL PLEADER.
First Boy.“Give us a Bite of your Apple, Bob.”
Second Boy.“Shan’t.”
First Boy.“What for?”
Second Boy.“Cos yer axed me!”
(After a pause.)
Small Boy.“Gi’ me a Bite, Bob. I never axed yer!”
A NATURAL QUERY.“What Bait are yer usin’, Billie?”“Cheese.”“What are yer tryin’ ter catch—Mice?”
A NATURAL QUERY.“What Bait are yer usin’, Billie?”“Cheese.”“What are yer tryin’ ter catch—Mice?”
A NATURAL QUERY.
“What Bait are yer usin’, Billie?”
“Cheese.”
“What are yer tryin’ ter catch—Mice?”
INAPPROPRIATE.Street Serio (singing).“Er—yew will think hov me and Love me has in dies hov long ago-o-o!”
INAPPROPRIATE.Street Serio (singing).“Er—yew will think hov me and Love me has in dies hov long ago-o-o!”
INAPPROPRIATE.
Street Serio (singing).“Er—yew will think hov me and Love me has in dies hov long ago-o-o!”
A SKETCH NEAR PICCADILLY.
A SKETCH NEAR PICCADILLY.
A SKETCH NEAR PICCADILLY.
A THREAT MISPLACED.“Oi tell yez Oi willnotclane out me Cell. Oi’d lave the Jail furrst!”
A THREAT MISPLACED.“Oi tell yez Oi willnotclane out me Cell. Oi’d lave the Jail furrst!”
A THREAT MISPLACED.
“Oi tell yez Oi willnotclane out me Cell. Oi’d lave the Jail furrst!”
OBVIOUS.“Gentlemen, I am ready to admit that his Career in the Past has not been free from Blemish——”
OBVIOUS.“Gentlemen, I am ready to admit that his Career in the Past has not been free from Blemish——”
OBVIOUS.
“Gentlemen, I am ready to admit that his Career in the Past has not been free from Blemish——”
AN AWKWARD ADMISSION.Enthusiastic Briton (to seedy American, who has been running down all our National Monuments).“But even if our Houses of Parliament ‘aren’t in it,’ as you say, with the Masonic Temple of Chicago, surely, Sir, you will admit the Thames Embankment, for instance——”Seedy American.“Waal,guessI don’t think so durned much of your Thames Embankment, neither. Itrainedall the blarmed time the night Islepon it.”
AN AWKWARD ADMISSION.Enthusiastic Briton (to seedy American, who has been running down all our National Monuments).“But even if our Houses of Parliament ‘aren’t in it,’ as you say, with the Masonic Temple of Chicago, surely, Sir, you will admit the Thames Embankment, for instance——”Seedy American.“Waal,guessI don’t think so durned much of your Thames Embankment, neither. Itrainedall the blarmed time the night Islepon it.”
AN AWKWARD ADMISSION.
Enthusiastic Briton (to seedy American, who has been running down all our National Monuments).“But even if our Houses of Parliament ‘aren’t in it,’ as you say, with the Masonic Temple of Chicago, surely, Sir, you will admit the Thames Embankment, for instance——”
Seedy American.“Waal,guessI don’t think so durned much of your Thames Embankment, neither. Itrainedall the blarmed time the night Islepon it.”
A HOMELY TEST.Ethel (reading from book of familiar sayings).“‘A Man at Forty is either a Fool or a Physician.’ That’s rather funny, Kate. Daddy is more than Forty, and he’s certainly not a Physician!”
A HOMELY TEST.Ethel (reading from book of familiar sayings).“‘A Man at Forty is either a Fool or a Physician.’ That’s rather funny, Kate. Daddy is more than Forty, and he’s certainly not a Physician!”
A HOMELY TEST.
Ethel (reading from book of familiar sayings).“‘A Man at Forty is either a Fool or a Physician.’ That’s rather funny, Kate. Daddy is more than Forty, and he’s certainly not a Physician!”
AT A LITERARY AND ARTISTIC BANQUET.Waiter (to Colleague).“Well, they may ’ave the Intellec’, Fred, but we certainly ’as the Good Looks!”
AT A LITERARY AND ARTISTIC BANQUET.Waiter (to Colleague).“Well, they may ’ave the Intellec’, Fred, but we certainly ’as the Good Looks!”
AT A LITERARY AND ARTISTIC BANQUET.
Waiter (to Colleague).“Well, they may ’ave the Intellec’, Fred, but we certainly ’as the Good Looks!”
NOTES OF TRAVEL.Foreign Husband (whose Wife is going to remain longer).“Gif me Two Dickets. Von for Me to come back, and von for my Vife not to come back!”
NOTES OF TRAVEL.Foreign Husband (whose Wife is going to remain longer).“Gif me Two Dickets. Von for Me to come back, and von for my Vife not to come back!”
NOTES OF TRAVEL.
Foreign Husband (whose Wife is going to remain longer).“Gif me Two Dickets. Von for Me to come back, and von for my Vife not to come back!”
SENDING-IN-DAY AT THE R. A.“But it is impossible for you to see the President. What do you want to see him for?”“I want to show him exactly where i want my Picture hung.”
SENDING-IN-DAY AT THE R. A.“But it is impossible for you to see the President. What do you want to see him for?”“I want to show him exactly where i want my Picture hung.”
SENDING-IN-DAY AT THE R. A.
“But it is impossible for you to see the President. What do you want to see him for?”
“I want to show him exactly where i want my Picture hung.”
FROM DOTTYVILLE.Lunatic (suddenly popping his head over wall).“What are you doing there?”Brown.“Fishing.”Lunatic.“Caught anything?”Brown.“No.”Lunatic.“How long have you been there?”Brown.“Six hours.”Lunatic.“Come inside!”
FROM DOTTYVILLE.Lunatic (suddenly popping his head over wall).“What are you doing there?”Brown.“Fishing.”Lunatic.“Caught anything?”Brown.“No.”Lunatic.“How long have you been there?”Brown.“Six hours.”Lunatic.“Come inside!”
FROM DOTTYVILLE.
Lunatic (suddenly popping his head over wall).“What are you doing there?”Brown.“Fishing.”
Lunatic.“Caught anything?”Brown.“No.”
Lunatic.“How long have you been there?”Brown.“Six hours.”
Lunatic.“Come inside!”
ANOTHER FROM DOTTYVILLE.Harmless Lunatic (who is occasionally allowed out with a pop-gun).“Oh, I say, do you know how to catch a Rabbit?”Nervous Stranger.“No, I don’t.”Harmless Lunatic.“Well, you just get behind the Hedge and make a noise like a Turnip!”
ANOTHER FROM DOTTYVILLE.Harmless Lunatic (who is occasionally allowed out with a pop-gun).“Oh, I say, do you know how to catch a Rabbit?”Nervous Stranger.“No, I don’t.”Harmless Lunatic.“Well, you just get behind the Hedge and make a noise like a Turnip!”
ANOTHER FROM DOTTYVILLE.
Harmless Lunatic (who is occasionally allowed out with a pop-gun).“Oh, I say, do you know how to catch a Rabbit?”
Nervous Stranger.“No, I don’t.”
Harmless Lunatic.“Well, you just get behind the Hedge and make a noise like a Turnip!”
JAM SATIS.Commissionaire.“Would you like a Four-wheeler or a ’Ansom, Sir?”Convivial Party (indistinctly).“Ver’ mush oblige—but—reely don’t think Icouldtake ’ny more!”
JAM SATIS.Commissionaire.“Would you like a Four-wheeler or a ’Ansom, Sir?”Convivial Party (indistinctly).“Ver’ mush oblige—but—reely don’t think Icouldtake ’ny more!”
JAM SATIS.
Commissionaire.“Would you like a Four-wheeler or a ’Ansom, Sir?”
Convivial Party (indistinctly).“Ver’ mush oblige—but—reely don’t think Icouldtake ’ny more!”
PETTICOAT LANE.
PETTICOAT LANE.
PETTICOAT LANE.
FELINE IMPRESSIONS.Chemist (to battered female, who is covered with scratches).“The Cat, I suppose?”Battered Female.“No. Another Lydy!”
FELINE IMPRESSIONS.Chemist (to battered female, who is covered with scratches).“The Cat, I suppose?”Battered Female.“No. Another Lydy!”
FELINE IMPRESSIONS.
Chemist (to battered female, who is covered with scratches).“The Cat, I suppose?”
Battered Female.“No. Another Lydy!”
AN AWAKENING.“I say, ’Arry, don’t we look Frights?”
AN AWAKENING.“I say, ’Arry, don’t we look Frights?”
AN AWAKENING.
“I say, ’Arry, don’t we look Frights?”
POOR LETTER H.Tenor (singing).“Oh, ’appy, ’appy, ’appy be thy Dreams——”Professor.“Stop, stop! Why don’t you sound the H?”Tenor.“It don’t go no ’igher than G!”
POOR LETTER H.Tenor (singing).“Oh, ’appy, ’appy, ’appy be thy Dreams——”Professor.“Stop, stop! Why don’t you sound the H?”Tenor.“It don’t go no ’igher than G!”
POOR LETTER H.
Tenor (singing).“Oh, ’appy, ’appy, ’appy be thy Dreams——”
Professor.“Stop, stop! Why don’t you sound the H?”
Tenor.“It don’t go no ’igher than G!”
DISADVANTAGES OF PERFORMING AT A COUNTRY HOUSE IN THE WASP SEASON.(Just in the most important passage, too.)
DISADVANTAGES OF PERFORMING AT A COUNTRY HOUSE IN THE WASP SEASON.(Just in the most important passage, too.)
DISADVANTAGES OF PERFORMING AT A COUNTRY HOUSE IN THE WASP SEASON.
(Just in the most important passage, too.)
ART IN WHITECHAPEL.“Well, that’s what I calls a himpossible Persition to get yerself into!”
ART IN WHITECHAPEL.“Well, that’s what I calls a himpossible Persition to get yerself into!”
ART IN WHITECHAPEL.
“Well, that’s what I calls a himpossible Persition to get yerself into!”
THE NATIONAL SPORTING CLUB, LONDON.
THE NATIONAL SPORTING CLUB, LONDON.
THE NATIONAL SPORTING CLUB, LONDON.
FLIPPANCY.Serious Old Party.“Eh, but this is a wicked World!”Flippant Individual.“You are right, Mrs. Mumble. For my part, I shall be quite satisfied if I get out of it alive!”
FLIPPANCY.Serious Old Party.“Eh, but this is a wicked World!”Flippant Individual.“You are right, Mrs. Mumble. For my part, I shall be quite satisfied if I get out of it alive!”
FLIPPANCY.
Serious Old Party.“Eh, but this is a wicked World!”
Flippant Individual.“You are right, Mrs. Mumble. For my part, I shall be quite satisfied if I get out of it alive!”
A REJOINDER.’Arry (whose “Old Dutch” has been shopping, and has kept him waiting a considerable time).“Wot d’yer mean, keepin’ me standin’ abaat ’ere like a bloomin’ Fool?”’Arriet.“Ican’t ’elp the Way yer stand, ’Arry!”
A REJOINDER.’Arry (whose “Old Dutch” has been shopping, and has kept him waiting a considerable time).“Wot d’yer mean, keepin’ me standin’ abaat ’ere like a bloomin’ Fool?”’Arriet.“Ican’t ’elp the Way yer stand, ’Arry!”
A REJOINDER.
’Arry (whose “Old Dutch” has been shopping, and has kept him waiting a considerable time).“Wot d’yer mean, keepin’ me standin’ abaat ’ere like a bloomin’ Fool?”
’Arriet.“Ican’t ’elp the Way yer stand, ’Arry!”
AN INJURED INNOCENT.Minister’s Wife.“Tommy Crowther, you haven’t washed your Face to-day!”Tommy Crowther.“’Tain’tSunday!”
AN INJURED INNOCENT.Minister’s Wife.“Tommy Crowther, you haven’t washed your Face to-day!”Tommy Crowther.“’Tain’tSunday!”
AN INJURED INNOCENT.
Minister’s Wife.“Tommy Crowther, you haven’t washed your Face to-day!”
Tommy Crowther.“’Tain’tSunday!”
NOTES FROM MR. PUNCH’S FOREIGN SKETCH-BOOK.Feeding the Pigeons at St. Mark’s Square, Venice.
NOTES FROM MR. PUNCH’S FOREIGN SKETCH-BOOK.Feeding the Pigeons at St. Mark’s Square, Venice.
NOTES FROM MR. PUNCH’S FOREIGN SKETCH-BOOK.
Feeding the Pigeons at St. Mark’s Square, Venice.
CRITICS FROM THE QUARTIER LATIN.First Student.“Quant à moi, je reconnais surtout la manque merveilleuse d’expression qui dénote un vrai maître!”
CRITICS FROM THE QUARTIER LATIN.First Student.“Quant à moi, je reconnais surtout la manque merveilleuse d’expression qui dénote un vrai maître!”
CRITICS FROM THE QUARTIER LATIN.
First Student.“Quant à moi, je reconnais surtout la manque merveilleuse d’expression qui dénote un vrai maître!”
’ARRY IN ’OLLAND.’Arry.“I say, Bill, ain’t he a rum-lookin’ Cove?”
’ARRY IN ’OLLAND.’Arry.“I say, Bill, ain’t he a rum-lookin’ Cove?”
’ARRY IN ’OLLAND.
’Arry.“I say, Bill, ain’t he a rum-lookin’ Cove?”
MISTRUST.Gran’pa Macpherson.“How many does Two and Two make, Donald?”Donald.“Six.”Gran’pa.“What are ye talking about? Two and Two make Four.”Donald.“Yes, I know; but I thought you’d ’beat me down’ a bit!”
MISTRUST.Gran’pa Macpherson.“How many does Two and Two make, Donald?”Donald.“Six.”Gran’pa.“What are ye talking about? Two and Two make Four.”Donald.“Yes, I know; but I thought you’d ’beat me down’ a bit!”
MISTRUST.
Gran’pa Macpherson.“How many does Two and Two make, Donald?”
Donald.“Six.”
Gran’pa.“What are ye talking about? Two and Two make Four.”
Donald.“Yes, I know; but I thought you’d ’beat me down’ a bit!”
AN UNEXPECTED REPLY.Father O’Flynn.“And now, Pat Murphy, in this season of Lent, what is it ye’ll do by way of Penance?”Pat Murphy.“Sure, then, I’ll—I’ll come an’ hear your Riverance prayche!”
AN UNEXPECTED REPLY.Father O’Flynn.“And now, Pat Murphy, in this season of Lent, what is it ye’ll do by way of Penance?”Pat Murphy.“Sure, then, I’ll—I’ll come an’ hear your Riverance prayche!”
AN UNEXPECTED REPLY.
Father O’Flynn.“And now, Pat Murphy, in this season of Lent, what is it ye’ll do by way of Penance?”
Pat Murphy.“Sure, then, I’ll—I’ll come an’ hear your Riverance prayche!”
“THE GREY MARE.”Scrumble.“Been to see the Old Masters?”Stippleton (who has married money).“No. Fact is“—(sotto voce)—”I’ve got quite enough on my hands with the old Missus!”
“THE GREY MARE.”Scrumble.“Been to see the Old Masters?”Stippleton (who has married money).“No. Fact is“—(sotto voce)—”I’ve got quite enough on my hands with the old Missus!”
“THE GREY MARE.”
Scrumble.“Been to see the Old Masters?”
Stippleton (who has married money).“No. Fact is“—(sotto voce)—”I’ve got quite enough on my hands with the old Missus!”
AT A GARDEN PARTYLady Vere de Vere (to distinguished foreigner).“Youmustexcuse me. I know it’s awfully silly of me. I know your Name so well, but I can’t remember your Face!”
AT A GARDEN PARTYLady Vere de Vere (to distinguished foreigner).“Youmustexcuse me. I know it’s awfully silly of me. I know your Name so well, but I can’t remember your Face!”
AT A GARDEN PARTY
Lady Vere de Vere (to distinguished foreigner).“Youmustexcuse me. I know it’s awfully silly of me. I know your Name so well, but I can’t remember your Face!”
THE VERY LATEST DISCOVERY.Amateur Astronomical Student (returning home, after attending scientific Bachelor Dinner, where “the reported discovery of a new Satellite of Saturn” has been warmly discussed).“Where am I? Letsh shee—(considering)—Earth’s gotoneMoon. Mars’s got five Moo—Jup’tush nine—I shee two Moons. Then—Wheream I?”
THE VERY LATEST DISCOVERY.Amateur Astronomical Student (returning home, after attending scientific Bachelor Dinner, where “the reported discovery of a new Satellite of Saturn” has been warmly discussed).“Where am I? Letsh shee—(considering)—Earth’s gotoneMoon. Mars’s got five Moo—Jup’tush nine—I shee two Moons. Then—Wheream I?”
THE VERY LATEST DISCOVERY.
Amateur Astronomical Student (returning home, after attending scientific Bachelor Dinner, where “the reported discovery of a new Satellite of Saturn” has been warmly discussed).“Where am I? Letsh shee—(considering)—Earth’s gotoneMoon. Mars’s got five Moo—Jup’tush nine—I shee two Moons. Then—Wheream I?”
CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR.Cabby (to Gent who has been dining out).“’Ere y’are, Sir. This is your ’ouse—get out—be careful, Sir—’ere’s the step.”Gent.“Yesh! Thash allri, but wersh myFeet?”
CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR.Cabby (to Gent who has been dining out).“’Ere y’are, Sir. This is your ’ouse—get out—be careful, Sir—’ere’s the step.”Gent.“Yesh! Thash allri, but wersh myFeet?”
CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR.
Cabby (to Gent who has been dining out).“’Ere y’are, Sir. This is your ’ouse—get out—be careful, Sir—’ere’s the step.”
Gent.“Yesh! Thash allri, but wersh myFeet?”
MALAPROPOS.Mrs. Snobson (who is doing a little slumming for the first time and wishes to appear affable, but is at a loss to know how to commence conversation).“Town very Empty!”
MALAPROPOS.Mrs. Snobson (who is doing a little slumming for the first time and wishes to appear affable, but is at a loss to know how to commence conversation).“Town very Empty!”
MALAPROPOS.
Mrs. Snobson (who is doing a little slumming for the first time and wishes to appear affable, but is at a loss to know how to commence conversation).“Town very Empty!”
OVERHEARD AT A COUNTRY FAIR.“’Ere y’are! All the Jolly Fun! Lidies’ Tormentors two a Penny!”
OVERHEARD AT A COUNTRY FAIR.“’Ere y’are! All the Jolly Fun! Lidies’ Tormentors two a Penny!”
OVERHEARD AT A COUNTRY FAIR.
“’Ere y’are! All the Jolly Fun! Lidies’ Tormentors two a Penny!”
CONVINCING.
CONVINCING.
CONVINCING.
OVERHEARD ON THE STEPS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY STORES.Commissionaire.“Uniforms? Top Floor, Sir!”
OVERHEARD ON THE STEPS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY STORES.Commissionaire.“Uniforms? Top Floor, Sir!”
OVERHEARD ON THE STEPS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY STORES.
Commissionaire.“Uniforms? Top Floor, Sir!”
EUREKA!Portrait of a Calculating Gentleman (not at all a bad-looking Chap) who has solved the Problem as to whether we are in the Nineteenth or Twentieth Century.
EUREKA!Portrait of a Calculating Gentleman (not at all a bad-looking Chap) who has solved the Problem as to whether we are in the Nineteenth or Twentieth Century.
EUREKA!
Portrait of a Calculating Gentleman (not at all a bad-looking Chap) who has solved the Problem as to whether we are in the Nineteenth or Twentieth Century.
A SOLILOQUY.Tragedian.“Cheap! Ha, Ha! Why in my time theythrewthem at us!”
A SOLILOQUY.Tragedian.“Cheap! Ha, Ha! Why in my time theythrewthem at us!”
A SOLILOQUY.
Tragedian.“Cheap! Ha, Ha! Why in my time theythrewthem at us!”
A BREEZY CUSTOMER.“Shave, or Hair Cut, Sir?”“Corns, you Fool!”
A BREEZY CUSTOMER.“Shave, or Hair Cut, Sir?”“Corns, you Fool!”
A BREEZY CUSTOMER.
“Shave, or Hair Cut, Sir?”
“Corns, you Fool!”
A MISUNDERSTANDING.Old Maid.“Is this a Smoking Compartment, young man?”Obliging Passenger.“No, Mum. ’Igher up!”
A MISUNDERSTANDING.Old Maid.“Is this a Smoking Compartment, young man?”Obliging Passenger.“No, Mum. ’Igher up!”
A MISUNDERSTANDING.
Old Maid.“Is this a Smoking Compartment, young man?”
Obliging Passenger.“No, Mum. ’Igher up!”
GRAPHIC.“Yer know, them Boers ’as bin storin’ Guns and Hambition for years!”
GRAPHIC.“Yer know, them Boers ’as bin storin’ Guns and Hambition for years!”
GRAPHIC.
“Yer know, them Boers ’as bin storin’ Guns and Hambition for years!”
HARD LINES.“Just my luck! This sort of thing always happens just when i’m invited to a Party!”
HARD LINES.“Just my luck! This sort of thing always happens just when i’m invited to a Party!”
HARD LINES.
“Just my luck! This sort of thing always happens just when i’m invited to a Party!”
FROM ERIN’S ISLE.“Sure, Terence, if yez go to the Front, kape at the Back, or ye’ll be kilt. Oi know ut!”“Faith, an’ isn’t that the way oi get my livin’?”
FROM ERIN’S ISLE.“Sure, Terence, if yez go to the Front, kape at the Back, or ye’ll be kilt. Oi know ut!”“Faith, an’ isn’t that the way oi get my livin’?”
FROM ERIN’S ISLE.
“Sure, Terence, if yez go to the Front, kape at the Back, or ye’ll be kilt. Oi know ut!”
“Faith, an’ isn’t that the way oi get my livin’?”
MAFEKING NIGHT.(Or rather3A.M.the following morning.)Voice (from above).“Good gracious, William! Whydon’tyou come to Bed?”William (huskily).“My dear Maria, you know it’s been the rule of my life to go to Bed shober—and I can’t posh’bly come to Bed yet!”
MAFEKING NIGHT.(Or rather3A.M.the following morning.)Voice (from above).“Good gracious, William! Whydon’tyou come to Bed?”William (huskily).“My dear Maria, you know it’s been the rule of my life to go to Bed shober—and I can’t posh’bly come to Bed yet!”
MAFEKING NIGHT.
(Or rather3A.M.the following morning.)
Voice (from above).“Good gracious, William! Whydon’tyou come to Bed?”
William (huskily).“My dear Maria, you know it’s been the rule of my life to go to Bed shober—and I can’t posh’bly come to Bed yet!”
ANOTHER WAY OF PUTTING IT.Little Effie (not at all inclined to go to sleep—to Nurse who is about to switch off the electric light).“Oh, please, Nanna,don’t turn on the dark!”
ANOTHER WAY OF PUTTING IT.Little Effie (not at all inclined to go to sleep—to Nurse who is about to switch off the electric light).“Oh, please, Nanna,don’t turn on the dark!”
ANOTHER WAY OF PUTTING IT.
Little Effie (not at all inclined to go to sleep—to Nurse who is about to switch off the electric light).“Oh, please, Nanna,don’t turn on the dark!”
AN ARTLESS QUERY.Mamma.“To-morrow’s Christmas Day, Effie dear, and you will go to Church for thefirsttime.” (Encouragingly.) “There will be beautiful music——”Effie.“Oh, Mummy dear, may Idance?”
AN ARTLESS QUERY.Mamma.“To-morrow’s Christmas Day, Effie dear, and you will go to Church for thefirsttime.” (Encouragingly.) “There will be beautiful music——”Effie.“Oh, Mummy dear, may Idance?”
AN ARTLESS QUERY.
Mamma.“To-morrow’s Christmas Day, Effie dear, and you will go to Church for thefirsttime.” (Encouragingly.) “There will be beautiful music——”
Effie.“Oh, Mummy dear, may Idance?”
NOT A WATER DRINKER.Talkative Old Lady (drinking a glass of Milk, to enthusiastic Teetotaler, who is doing ditto).“Yes, Sir, since they’re begun poisoning the Beer,we mustdrinksomething, mustn’t we?”
NOT A WATER DRINKER.Talkative Old Lady (drinking a glass of Milk, to enthusiastic Teetotaler, who is doing ditto).“Yes, Sir, since they’re begun poisoning the Beer,we mustdrinksomething, mustn’t we?”
NOT A WATER DRINKER.
Talkative Old Lady (drinking a glass of Milk, to enthusiastic Teetotaler, who is doing ditto).“Yes, Sir, since they’re begun poisoning the Beer,we mustdrinksomething, mustn’t we?”
A CONNOISSEUR.Old Lady (giving a very diminutive nip of Whisky to her Gardener).“There, Dennis, that Whisky is twenty years old!”Dennis.“Is itthat, Marm? Sure ’tismighty small for its age!”
A CONNOISSEUR.Old Lady (giving a very diminutive nip of Whisky to her Gardener).“There, Dennis, that Whisky is twenty years old!”Dennis.“Is itthat, Marm? Sure ’tismighty small for its age!”
A CONNOISSEUR.
Old Lady (giving a very diminutive nip of Whisky to her Gardener).“There, Dennis, that Whisky is twenty years old!”
Dennis.“Is itthat, Marm? Sure ’tismighty small for its age!”
ON THE VILLAGE GREEN.Amateur Bowler (to Umpire).“Here, I say! I can’t see the Wicket. How can I bowl him?”Umpire. “Fire away! If you ’it ’im infront, it’s ‘Leg before.’ If you ’it ’imbehind, it’s a ‘Wide’!”
ON THE VILLAGE GREEN.Amateur Bowler (to Umpire).“Here, I say! I can’t see the Wicket. How can I bowl him?”Umpire. “Fire away! If you ’it ’im infront, it’s ‘Leg before.’ If you ’it ’imbehind, it’s a ‘Wide’!”
ON THE VILLAGE GREEN.
Amateur Bowler (to Umpire).“Here, I say! I can’t see the Wicket. How can I bowl him?”
Umpire. “Fire away! If you ’it ’im infront, it’s ‘Leg before.’ If you ’it ’imbehind, it’s a ‘Wide’!”
”AN ENGLISHMAN’S HOUSE,” &c.Maid (looking over wall, to newly-married couple just returned from their honeymoon).“Oh, please ’m, that Dog was sent here yesterday as a Wedding Present; and none of us can’t go near him. You’ll have to come in by the back way!”
”AN ENGLISHMAN’S HOUSE,” &c.Maid (looking over wall, to newly-married couple just returned from their honeymoon).“Oh, please ’m, that Dog was sent here yesterday as a Wedding Present; and none of us can’t go near him. You’ll have to come in by the back way!”
”AN ENGLISHMAN’S HOUSE,” &c.
Maid (looking over wall, to newly-married couple just returned from their honeymoon).“Oh, please ’m, that Dog was sent here yesterday as a Wedding Present; and none of us can’t go near him. You’ll have to come in by the back way!”
SELF-SATISFIED.Little Griggs (to caricaturist).“By Jove, old feller, I wish you’d been with me this morning; you’d have seen such a funny looking chap!”
SELF-SATISFIED.Little Griggs (to caricaturist).“By Jove, old feller, I wish you’d been with me this morning; you’d have seen such a funny looking chap!”
SELF-SATISFIED.
Little Griggs (to caricaturist).“By Jove, old feller, I wish you’d been with me this morning; you’d have seen such a funny looking chap!”
ANOTHER MR. WELLER.Club Attendant (to stout party, who is struggling into overcoat).“Allow me, Sir.”Stout Party.“No, don’t trouble! This is the only exercise i ever take!”
ANOTHER MR. WELLER.Club Attendant (to stout party, who is struggling into overcoat).“Allow me, Sir.”Stout Party.“No, don’t trouble! This is the only exercise i ever take!”
ANOTHER MR. WELLER.
Club Attendant (to stout party, who is struggling into overcoat).“Allow me, Sir.”
Stout Party.“No, don’t trouble! This is the only exercise i ever take!”
ANOTHER FROM IRELAND.Mrs. O’Brady.“Shure oi want to bank twinty pounds. Can I draw it out quick if I want it?”Postmaster.“Indade, Mrs. O’Brady, you can draw it out to-morrow if you give me a wake’s notice!”
ANOTHER FROM IRELAND.Mrs. O’Brady.“Shure oi want to bank twinty pounds. Can I draw it out quick if I want it?”Postmaster.“Indade, Mrs. O’Brady, you can draw it out to-morrow if you give me a wake’s notice!”
ANOTHER FROM IRELAND.
Mrs. O’Brady.“Shure oi want to bank twinty pounds. Can I draw it out quick if I want it?”
Postmaster.“Indade, Mrs. O’Brady, you can draw it out to-morrow if you give me a wake’s notice!”
VANITAS.Pantomime Child (to admiring friend).“Yus, and there’s another hadvantage in bein’ a hactress. You get yer fortygraphs took for noffink!”
VANITAS.Pantomime Child (to admiring friend).“Yus, and there’s another hadvantage in bein’ a hactress. You get yer fortygraphs took for noffink!”
VANITAS.
Pantomime Child (to admiring friend).“Yus, and there’s another hadvantage in bein’ a hactress. You get yer fortygraphs took for noffink!”
BROTHERS IN ART.New Arrival.“What should I charge for teaching ze Pianoforte?”Old Stager.“Oh, I don’t know.”N. A.“Vell, tell me votyoucharge.”O. S.“Icharge five guineas a lesson.”N. A.“Himmel! how many Pupils have you got?”O. S.“Oh, I have no Pupils!”
BROTHERS IN ART.New Arrival.“What should I charge for teaching ze Pianoforte?”Old Stager.“Oh, I don’t know.”N. A.“Vell, tell me votyoucharge.”O. S.“Icharge five guineas a lesson.”N. A.“Himmel! how many Pupils have you got?”O. S.“Oh, I have no Pupils!”
BROTHERS IN ART.
New Arrival.“What should I charge for teaching ze Pianoforte?”
Old Stager.“Oh, I don’t know.”
N. A.“Vell, tell me votyoucharge.”
O. S.“Icharge five guineas a lesson.”
N. A.“Himmel! how many Pupils have you got?”
O. S.“Oh, I have no Pupils!”
THE NEW PLAY.Low Comedian.“Have you seen the Notice?”Tragedian.“No; is it a good one?”Low Comedian.“It’s a Fortnight’s.”
THE NEW PLAY.Low Comedian.“Have you seen the Notice?”Tragedian.“No; is it a good one?”Low Comedian.“It’s a Fortnight’s.”
THE NEW PLAY.
Low Comedian.“Have you seen the Notice?”
Tragedian.“No; is it a good one?”
Low Comedian.“It’s a Fortnight’s.”
QUITE ANOTHER THING.Conversationalist.“Do you play Ping-Pong?”Actor.“No. I playHamlet!”
QUITE ANOTHER THING.Conversationalist.“Do you play Ping-Pong?”Actor.“No. I playHamlet!”
QUITE ANOTHER THING.
Conversationalist.“Do you play Ping-Pong?”
Actor.“No. I playHamlet!”
A BIG ORDER.Stout Party (to waitress).“Put me on a Pancake, please!”
A BIG ORDER.Stout Party (to waitress).“Put me on a Pancake, please!”
A BIG ORDER.
Stout Party (to waitress).“Put me on a Pancake, please!”
INDIRECT ORATION.“Oh, if you please, Mum, there’s no meat for dinner. The Butcher as been and gone and never come this morning!”
INDIRECT ORATION.“Oh, if you please, Mum, there’s no meat for dinner. The Butcher as been and gone and never come this morning!”
INDIRECT ORATION.
“Oh, if you please, Mum, there’s no meat for dinner. The Butcher as been and gone and never come this morning!”
BEGINNING EARLY.“That new Boy’s a bad Boy, Teacher. He smokes!”“No, I don’t smokenow, Teacher. Iusedto!”
BEGINNING EARLY.“That new Boy’s a bad Boy, Teacher. He smokes!”“No, I don’t smokenow, Teacher. Iusedto!”
BEGINNING EARLY.
“That new Boy’s a bad Boy, Teacher. He smokes!”
“No, I don’t smokenow, Teacher. Iusedto!”
CANDID.Loafer.“Any chance of a job o’ work ere, mister?”Foreman.“No. We’re not wanting any more hands now.”Loafer.“Well, the little bit o’ workI’d do wouldn’t make no difference!”
CANDID.Loafer.“Any chance of a job o’ work ere, mister?”Foreman.“No. We’re not wanting any more hands now.”Loafer.“Well, the little bit o’ workI’d do wouldn’t make no difference!”
CANDID.
Loafer.“Any chance of a job o’ work ere, mister?”
Foreman.“No. We’re not wanting any more hands now.”
Loafer.“Well, the little bit o’ workI’d do wouldn’t make no difference!”
A DIFFERENT VIEW.First Workman.“Why don’t yer buy yerownmatches, stead of always cadgin’ mine?”Second Workman.“You’re uncommon mean with yer matches. I’ll just take a few“—(helps himself to two-thirds)—”AND BE HINDERPENDENT OF YER!”
A DIFFERENT VIEW.First Workman.“Why don’t yer buy yerownmatches, stead of always cadgin’ mine?”Second Workman.“You’re uncommon mean with yer matches. I’ll just take a few“—(helps himself to two-thirds)—”AND BE HINDERPENDENT OF YER!”
A DIFFERENT VIEW.
First Workman.“Why don’t yer buy yerownmatches, stead of always cadgin’ mine?”
Second Workman.“You’re uncommon mean with yer matches. I’ll just take a few“—(helps himself to two-thirds)—”AND BE HINDERPENDENT OF YER!”
PARADOXICAL.Manager of “Freak” Show.“Have I got a vacancy for a Giant. Why, you don’t look five feet!”Candidate.“Yes, that’s just it. I’m the smallest Giant on record!”
PARADOXICAL.Manager of “Freak” Show.“Have I got a vacancy for a Giant. Why, you don’t look five feet!”Candidate.“Yes, that’s just it. I’m the smallest Giant on record!”
PARADOXICAL.
Manager of “Freak” Show.“Have I got a vacancy for a Giant. Why, you don’t look five feet!”
Candidate.“Yes, that’s just it. I’m the smallest Giant on record!”
DOTTYVILLE AGAIN.Dotty One (to gorgeous visitor, mysteriously).“Excuse me, but have you such a thing as a bit of Toast about you?”Gorgeous Visitor.“Great Scott! No! Why should I carryToastabout with me? And, besides, what do you want it for?”Dotty One (more mysteriously).“I’m apoached egg, and I’m tired. I want to sit down!”
DOTTYVILLE AGAIN.Dotty One (to gorgeous visitor, mysteriously).“Excuse me, but have you such a thing as a bit of Toast about you?”Gorgeous Visitor.“Great Scott! No! Why should I carryToastabout with me? And, besides, what do you want it for?”Dotty One (more mysteriously).“I’m apoached egg, and I’m tired. I want to sit down!”
DOTTYVILLE AGAIN.
Dotty One (to gorgeous visitor, mysteriously).“Excuse me, but have you such a thing as a bit of Toast about you?”
Gorgeous Visitor.“Great Scott! No! Why should I carryToastabout with me? And, besides, what do you want it for?”
Dotty One (more mysteriously).“I’m apoached egg, and I’m tired. I want to sit down!”
AWKWARD.Bull-dogsdogetsoattached to people!
AWKWARD.Bull-dogsdogetsoattached to people!
AWKWARD.
Bull-dogsdogetsoattached to people!
AN UNPOPULAR IDOL!How Billy and his Sunday-schoolmates intend to wreak their vengeance, if only a snow-storm be propitious on the Embankment some Sunday afternoon about christmas-time.
AN UNPOPULAR IDOL!How Billy and his Sunday-schoolmates intend to wreak their vengeance, if only a snow-storm be propitious on the Embankment some Sunday afternoon about christmas-time.
AN UNPOPULAR IDOL!
How Billy and his Sunday-schoolmates intend to wreak their vengeance, if only a snow-storm be propitious on the Embankment some Sunday afternoon about christmas-time.
AN EMPTY EMBRACE.“’Ere y’are! Humberella rings, two a penny!”
AN EMPTY EMBRACE.“’Ere y’are! Humberella rings, two a penny!”
AN EMPTY EMBRACE.
“’Ere y’are! Humberella rings, two a penny!”
OVERHEARD OUTSIDE A FAMOUS RESTAURANT.“Hullo, Gus! What are you waiting about here for?”“I’m waiting till the Banks close. I want to cash a cheque!”
OVERHEARD OUTSIDE A FAMOUS RESTAURANT.“Hullo, Gus! What are you waiting about here for?”“I’m waiting till the Banks close. I want to cash a cheque!”
OVERHEARD OUTSIDE A FAMOUS RESTAURANT.
“Hullo, Gus! What are you waiting about here for?”
“I’m waiting till the Banks close. I want to cash a cheque!”
UNEXPECTED EFFECT.Snooks (who fancies himself very much).“What’s she crying for?”Arabella.“It’s all right, Sir. She was frightened. When she sawyoushe thought it was aMan!”
UNEXPECTED EFFECT.Snooks (who fancies himself very much).“What’s she crying for?”Arabella.“It’s all right, Sir. She was frightened. When she sawyoushe thought it was aMan!”
UNEXPECTED EFFECT.
Snooks (who fancies himself very much).“What’s she crying for?”
Arabella.“It’s all right, Sir. She was frightened. When she sawyoushe thought it was aMan!”
RECKONING HIM UP.Old Lady (describing a cycling accident).“’E elped me hup, an’ brushed the dust off on me, an’ put five shillin’ in my ’and, an’ so I says, ‘Well, Sir, I’m sure you’rehactin’like a gentleman,’ I says, ‘though I don’t suppose you are one,’ I says.”
RECKONING HIM UP.Old Lady (describing a cycling accident).“’E elped me hup, an’ brushed the dust off on me, an’ put five shillin’ in my ’and, an’ so I says, ‘Well, Sir, I’m sure you’rehactin’like a gentleman,’ I says, ‘though I don’t suppose you are one,’ I says.”
RECKONING HIM UP.
Old Lady (describing a cycling accident).“’E elped me hup, an’ brushed the dust off on me, an’ put five shillin’ in my ’and, an’ so I says, ‘Well, Sir, I’m sure you’rehactin’like a gentleman,’ I says, ‘though I don’t suppose you are one,’ I says.”
SHAKSPEARE ILLUSTRATED.“The Glass of Fashion and the Mould of Form.”Hamlet, Act III., Sc. 1.
SHAKSPEARE ILLUSTRATED.“The Glass of Fashion and the Mould of Form.”Hamlet, Act III., Sc. 1.
SHAKSPEARE ILLUSTRATED.
“The Glass of Fashion and the Mould of Form.”
Hamlet, Act III., Sc. 1.
SHAKSPEARE ILLUSTRATED.“Oh, my prophetic soul! My Uncle!”Hamlet, Act I., Sc. 5.
SHAKSPEARE ILLUSTRATED.“Oh, my prophetic soul! My Uncle!”Hamlet, Act I., Sc. 5.
SHAKSPEARE ILLUSTRATED.
“Oh, my prophetic soul! My Uncle!”Hamlet, Act I., Sc. 5.
DECISIVE.Impecunious One (halting abruptly).“I beg pardon, Sir.”The Accosted (moving off abruptly).“Granted. Don’t beg anything else!”
DECISIVE.Impecunious One (halting abruptly).“I beg pardon, Sir.”The Accosted (moving off abruptly).“Granted. Don’t beg anything else!”
DECISIVE.
Impecunious One (halting abruptly).“I beg pardon, Sir.”
The Accosted (moving off abruptly).“Granted. Don’t beg anything else!”
AMENITIES OF THE PROFESSION.Rising Young Dramatist.“Saw your Wife in front last night. What did she think of my new Comedy?”Brother Playwright.“Oh, I think she liked it. She told me she had a good laugh.”R. Y. D.“Ah—er—when was that?”B. P.“During theEntr’acte. One of the Attendants dropped an Ice down her Neighbour’s neck.”
AMENITIES OF THE PROFESSION.Rising Young Dramatist.“Saw your Wife in front last night. What did she think of my new Comedy?”Brother Playwright.“Oh, I think she liked it. She told me she had a good laugh.”R. Y. D.“Ah—er—when was that?”B. P.“During theEntr’acte. One of the Attendants dropped an Ice down her Neighbour’s neck.”
AMENITIES OF THE PROFESSION.
Rising Young Dramatist.“Saw your Wife in front last night. What did she think of my new Comedy?”
Brother Playwright.“Oh, I think she liked it. She told me she had a good laugh.”
R. Y. D.“Ah—er—when was that?”
B. P.“During theEntr’acte. One of the Attendants dropped an Ice down her Neighbour’s neck.”
BROWN’S COUNTRY HOUSE.—No. 1.Brown (who takes a friend home to see his new purchase, and strikes a light to show it).“Confound it, the beastly thing’s stopped!”
BROWN’S COUNTRY HOUSE.—No. 1.Brown (who takes a friend home to see his new purchase, and strikes a light to show it).“Confound it, the beastly thing’s stopped!”
BROWN’S COUNTRY HOUSE.—No. 1.
Brown (who takes a friend home to see his new purchase, and strikes a light to show it).“Confound it, the beastly thing’s stopped!”
BROWN’S COUNTRY HOUSE—No. 2.Visitor.“What onearthdo you want with a Tortoise?”Mrs. Brown.“Well, when Fred had that frightful Accident with his new Motor-Car, he sold it, and bought the Tortoise. Says it soothes his Nerves!”
BROWN’S COUNTRY HOUSE—No. 2.Visitor.“What onearthdo you want with a Tortoise?”Mrs. Brown.“Well, when Fred had that frightful Accident with his new Motor-Car, he sold it, and bought the Tortoise. Says it soothes his Nerves!”
BROWN’S COUNTRY HOUSE—No. 2.
Visitor.“What onearthdo you want with a Tortoise?”
Mrs. Brown.“Well, when Fred had that frightful Accident with his new Motor-Car, he sold it, and bought the Tortoise. Says it soothes his Nerves!”
THE NEW ACT AGAIN!Careful Publican (to Chimney-sweep).“’Ere, I can’t serveyou! Go and wash yerself. I can’t see yer Face! ’Ow am I to know as yer not on the Black List?”
THE NEW ACT AGAIN!Careful Publican (to Chimney-sweep).“’Ere, I can’t serveyou! Go and wash yerself. I can’t see yer Face! ’Ow am I to know as yer not on the Black List?”
THE NEW ACT AGAIN!
Careful Publican (to Chimney-sweep).“’Ere, I can’t serveyou! Go and wash yerself. I can’t see yer Face! ’Ow am I to know as yer not on the Black List?”
!!!!Estate Agent (to Labourer’s Son).“Here, my Boy, where can I find your Father?”Boy.“In the Pig-stye, Sir. You’ll know him by ’is brown ’at!”
!!!!Estate Agent (to Labourer’s Son).“Here, my Boy, where can I find your Father?”Boy.“In the Pig-stye, Sir. You’ll know him by ’is brown ’at!”
!!!!
Estate Agent (to Labourer’s Son).“Here, my Boy, where can I find your Father?”
Boy.“In the Pig-stye, Sir. You’ll know him by ’is brown ’at!”