Lord M's a muff; but shrewd mammas determine
Muffs _have_ a value when they're trimmed with ermine!
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THE BEST FRENCH EXERCISES FOR GIRLS.--A series of practical studies in
cookery _à la Française_.
[Illustration: _Mistress._ "Well now, what can you cook?"
_Applicant._ "Oh, I can cook any-think, mum."
_Mistress._ "What about _entrées_?"
_Applicant._ "Yes, I can do _ontrays_, mum."
_Mistress._ "Can you do a _vol-au-vent_?"
_Applicant (doubtfully)._ "Well, mum, in my last place there _was_ once
some _talk_ about a _vollervong_, but it fell through."]
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CLERICAL ÆSTHETICS.--_Fair Parishioner._ "And do you like the pulpit,
Mr. Auriol?"
_The New Curate._ "I do not. Er--it hides too much of the figure, and I
like every shake of the surplice to tell!"
[Illustration: FINIS]