[Illustration: _BRUTAL LEVITY._
_Jones_ (_who is naturally proud of his first-born_). "A LITTLE
DARLING, AIN'T HE?"
_Bachelor Friend._ "H'M, HA! I SEE--YOUNG GORILLA! IS HE REAL OR
STUFFED?"]
[Illustration: _INDOLENCE._
_Old Mr. Dibbs._ "WHY, GEORGE! YOU NEVER RIDE HERE IN THE
AFTERNOON--HOW'S THAT?"
_Young Swellington._ "NO-O-O. IT LOOKS AS IF ONE HAD SOME OCCUPATION,
YOU KNOW, AND COULDN'T WIDE OF A MORNING. I ALWAYS WIDE BEFORE
BREAKFAST, BETWEEN ELEVEN AND ONE!"]
[Illustration: _THE CENSUS._
_Head of the Family_ (_filling up the paper_). "WELL, MISS PRIMROSE, AS
A VISITOR, I MUST PUT YOUR AGE IN! WHAT SHALL WE SAY?"
_Miss P._ "OH, IT'S BEST TO BE STRAIGHTFORWARD. THE SAME AS DEAR
FLORA--TWENTY LAST BIRTHDAY!"]
[Illustration: _A SUBJECT FOR SYMPATHY._
DISTRESSING POSITION OF CHARLES, WHO DOES NOT FEEL WELL, AND WHO
IS KEENLY ALIVE TO THE FACT THAT AMY IS LOOKING AT HIM THROUGH HER
OPERA-GLASS.]
[Illustration: _LITTLE DUCKS._
_Georgy._ "THERE NOW, CLARA--I CALL IT VERY PEEVISH OF YOU. YOU
PROMISED ME, IF I LET YOU GO IN FIRST, THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE LONG, AND I
DECLARE YOU HAVE BEEN EXACTLY AN HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES."
[_Pouts._
]
[Illustration: _SOLICITUDE._
_Wife._ "NOW PROMISE ME ONE THING, ADOLPHUS. YOU WON'T GO FLYING OVER
ANY HEDGES OR FIVE-BARRED GATES?"]
[Illustration: _AN UNCONSCIOUS VICTIM._