_Mater._--One who finds _mates_ for her daughters.
_Check Mate._--A husband with money.
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MRS. R. says:--"My nephew, who has just returned from a long voyage,
tells me that in the Red Sea it is so hot that the gentlemen sleep on
deck in their bananas."
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[Illustration: ONE TOO MANY FOR HIM.
SIGNOR W. H. SMITHINI (_sotto voce_). "WISH I COULD HAVE KEPT 'EM ALL
THREE ABREAST, JUST FOR THE LOOK OF THE THING!"]
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[Illustration: HINTS FOR THE PARK.
DON'T TRY TO TURN YOUR TANDEM AT THE TROT, PARTICULARLY IF YOUR LEADER
IS OF A SOMEWHAT WILFUL DISPOSITION.]
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