Miss Nelly sits cool in the cricketer's booth
And watches the game, about which, in good sooth,
Her curious interest ne'er ceases.
She now wants to know of the flannel-clad youth,
However the wickets can well be kept smooth,
When she hears they are always _in creases_!
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MILTONIC MEDITATION (_by a looker-on at lawn-tennis_).--"They also
_serve_ who only stand and wait."
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APPROPRIATE TO THE SEASON.--_Q._ What is double as good a game as
Fives?--_A._ (_evident_) Tennis.
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GOING TO THE DEUCE.--Getting thirty to forty at lawn-tennis.
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SUGGESTION TO PROVINCIAL LAWN-TENNIS CLUB.--Why not give lawn-tennis
balls in costume during the winter?
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MOST APPROPRIATE ATTIRE.--A "grass-lawn" tennis costume.
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THE GAME FOR RACKETY BISHOPS.--Lawn-tennis.
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[Illustration: _Miss Delamode_ (_of Belgravia_). "Well, dear, I must be
off. Don't you love Lord's?"
_Miss Dowdesley_ (_of Far-West Kensingtonia_). "I'm sure I should,
only----" (_immersed in her own dreams_)--"We don't know any!"]
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