_She._ Will the new curate be engaged or not?
_He._ Close thing! Shall I have nerve to make the shot?
_She._ Is flirting _really_ now a sort of sinning?
_He._ Is my neat middle parting _really_ thinning?
_She._ Now shall I get a partner for this dance?
_He._ Old Boodles leaving! Shall _I_ have a chance?
_She._ Engaged at last! Now _will_ he keep a carriage?
_He._ That's done! How shall I like the yoke of marriage?
[Illustration: A SERIOUS CASE.--_Cook (reading from daily paper)._
"Last night's official statement shows that there are fifty thousand
cases of influenza in the metropolis."
_Nervous Parlourmaid._ "Oh, Mary! And how many are there in a case?"]