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[Illustration: THE SERVANT PROBLEM.
_Lady_. "AND WHY DID YOUR LAST MISTRESS----"
_Applicant_ (_loftily_). "EXCUSE ME, MADAM!"
_Lady_. "WELL--ER--YOUR LAST EMPLOYER----"
_Applicant_. "I BEG YOUR PARDON, MADAM!"
_Lady_. "WELL, THEN, YOUR LAST--ER--PRAY WHAT DO YOU CALL THOSE IN
WHOSE SERVICE YOU ARE ENGAGED?"
_Applicant_. "CLIENTS, MADAM." [_Collapse of interrogator_.]]
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