(_The number 20 being taken as representing the chance
of living longest_).
Vegetarian 5
Fox-hunter 15
Soldier in the Line 9
Guardsman 19¾
Railway Traveller 12
Ditto, on the Midland Counties' Railway 1¼
_Habitué_ of the Legitimate Drama ¼
Husband of a "Bloomer" (_unless he runs away from her_) 1
Member of Parliament 15
Reader of Parliamentary Debates 5
Reader of the _Comic Almanack_[9] 20
Footnote 9:
NOTE.—If a purchaser also, the chance is enormously increased, and,
for all practical purposes, may be regarded as a certainty.—PUBLISHER.