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Illustration: _First Lady._ "I SEE THE MASTER CUTTING A DASH THIS
MORNING. NOBODY WOULDN'T THINK HE WAS HARD UP."
_Second Lady._ "LOR' BLESS YER, NO! SINCE THIS 'ERE MERRYTORIUM COME IN
HE WALKS DOWN THE HIGH STREET IN FRONT OF ALL THE SHOPS AS THOUGH HE
DIDN'T OWE 'EM A PENNY."
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Illustration: THROUGH GERMAN SPECTACLES.
_Germany._ "PERMIT ME TO RECOMMEND THESE GLASSES, MADE IN GERMANY, AND
GUARANTEED TO GIVE AN UNUSUALLY WIDE AND LUMINOUS VIEW--SAME, IN FACT,
AS MINE."
_Italy_. "VERY KIND AND THOUGHTFUL, I'M SURE; BUT I CAN SEE QUITE
NICELY, THANK YOU. I CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH YOU, FOR INSTANCE, WITH THE
NAKED EYE. _GOOD_ MORNING."
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