MY DEAR SIR,

I don't know how to answer the placard "Are we not brothers?" unless by

a hit at the Poor Law. You had better get as many old vagrants together

as you can; and, putting them into workhouse dresses, label their

breasts with the words, "Are we not husbands?" Their backs may display

placards with the words, "No Poor Law—no separation of man and wife!"

This will be a safe card, if played immediately.

Yours, in haste, J. CRAMWELL.

[Illustration:

THE ROYAL ACADEMY

]

[Illustration]

The Comic Almanack, Volume 2 An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities · 第 36 / 535 题