[Illustration: _GLORIOUS NEWS FOR THE BOYS._
_Billy Wilkins._ "HI! LOOK HERE! COME! SUCH A LARK! HERE'S A PERLICEMAN
FELL ON A SLIDE!"]
[Illustration: _THE THAW AND THE STREETS!_
TOMKINS, WHO HAS JUST PAID HIS RATE FOR PAVING, CLEANSING, &C., GOES
FOR A WALK IN HIS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD. HE IS, OF COURSE, MUCH
GRATIFIED AT THE WAY IN WHICH THE CLEANSING PART OF THE BUSINESS IS
MANAGED.]
[Illustration: _DELICIOUS._
_Party in Bed._ "HEY! HOLLO! WHO'S THAT?"
_Domestic._ "IF YOU PLEASE, SIR, IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK, SIR! YOUR
SHOWER-BATH IS QUITE READY. I'VE JUST BROKEN THE ICE, SIR!"]
[Illustration: _SYMPTOMS OF MASQUERADING._
_Better-Half_ (_loq._). "IS THIS WHAT YOU CALL SITTING UP WITH A SICK
FRIEND, MR. WILKINS?"]
[Illustration: _THE NURSERY FOUR-IN-HAND CLUB.--THE FIRST MEET OF THE
SEASON._
_Master Robert_ (_loq._). "HERE, JAMES, JUST STAND BY THAT BAY
FILLY.--SHE'S RATHER FRESH THIS MORNING!"]
[Illustration: _THE OPERA._
_Door-Keeper._ "BEG YOUR PARDON, SIR--BUT YOU MUST, INDEED, SIR, BE IN
FULL DRESS!"
_Snob_ (_excited_). "FULL DRESS!! WHY, WHAT DO YER CALL THIS?"]
[Illustration: _THE DAY AFTER THE JUVENILE PARTY.--AWFUL APPEARANCE OF
THE DOCTOR._]
[Illustration: _INNOCENT MIRTH--THE SLIDE ON THE PAVEMENT._]
[Illustration: _DELIGHTFUL._
"OH! HERE'S A JOLLY SLEDGE!"]
[Illustration: _HAVING A PAIR ON!_
_Skater._ "HI!--HOLLO!--WHAT ARE YOU ABOUT?--IT'S GOING INTO MY FOOT!"
_Skate Proprietor._ "NEVER MIND, SIR!--BETTER 'AV 'EM ON FIRM!"]
[Illustration: _A GOOD OLD COMIC CLOWN._]
[Illustration: _STAGE FRIGHT._
"OH, JOEY! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"]
[Illustration: _A DECEIVER._
"IT'S QUITE TRUE, MUM!"]
[Illustration: _SAME OLD GAME._]
[Illustration: _AN OLD JOE._
_Clown_ (_loq._). "PRETTY CREECHUR!"]
[Illustration: _DRESS CIRCLE AT PUNCH AND JUDY._]
[Illustration: _EAGER APPLICANTS._
"WANT YOUR DOOR DONE, MUM?"]
[Illustration: _RETURN FROM A SUBURBAN PARTY._
_Flyman._ "WERRY SORRY, MUM, I'M SURE, MUM--BUT THE OSS AIN'T ROUGHED,
AND HE CAN'T GO A STEP FURDER!"]