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[Illustration]
ADVICE TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY.--Don't.
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ADVICE TO PERSONS WHO HAVE "FALLEN IN LOVE."--Fall out.
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ENCOURAGING.--_George (who has just engaged himself to the Girl of his
heart) breaks the happy news to his friend Jack (who has been married
some time)._--_Jack._ "Ah! well, my dear fellow, marriage is the best
thing in the long run, and I can assure you that after a year or two a
man gets used to it, and feels just as jolly as if he'd never married at
all!"
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A DEFINITION.--Flirtation: a spoon with nothing in it.
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DOMESTIC.--It was a homely but pungent observation, on the part of a man
of much experience and observation, that marriage without love was like
tripe without onions.
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ADAGE BY A YOUNG LADY.--Man proposes, but mamma disposes.
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BY A BEASTLY OLD BACHELOR.--A married man's fate (in brief).--Hooked,
booked, cooked.
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DESCRIBE A HOME-CIRCLE.--The wedding ring.
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HOW TO FIX THE HAPPY DAY.--_Q._ When's the best day for a wedding? _A._
Why, of course, "A _Weddin's day_."
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