I will not ask if thou canst touch
The tuneful ivory key?
Those silent notes of thine are such
As quite suffice for me.
I'll make no question if thy skill
The pencil comprehends,
Enough for me, love, if thou still
Canst draw thy dividends!
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"SO SELFISH?"--_Husband_ (_with pride_). "My love, I've been
effecting--I've insured my life to-day for ten thousand pou----"
_Young Wife._ "Just like the men! Always looking out for themselves! I
think--you might have insured mine while you were about it!!"
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BY A FASHIONABLE YOUNG MARRIED WOMAN.--The latest thing out--My husband.
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CELIBACY AND WEDLOCK.--If single life is bad, then it stands to reason
that double life is twice as bad.
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EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN.--Matchmaking.
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[Illustration: VERY NECESSARY
_Young Wife._ "I'm so happy! I wonder you never married."
_Elderly Spinster._ "My child, I've always said I never _would_ and
never _could_ marry until I met a man different from other men and full
of courage."
_Young Wife._ "Of course you couldn't. How stupid of me."]
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