_Old Mr. What's-his-name._ "EGAD, I DON'T WONDER AT MOUSTACHES COMING INTO FASHION, FOR--EH! WHAT! BY JOVE, IT DOES IMPROVE ONE'S APPEARANCE!"] [Illustration: _DEER-STALKING MADE EASY. A HINT TO LUSTY SPORTSMEN._] [Illustration: _A FACT FROM THE NURSERY._ _Nurse._ "MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS, MISS CHARLOTTE, YOU MUSTN'T PLAY WITH THOSE SCISSORS!" _Miss Charlotte._ "I'M NOT PLAYING WITH 'EM, NURSE DEAR--I'M CUTTING 'ITTLE BRUDDER'S NAILS!"] [Illustration: _RETIREMENT._] [Illustration: _GRAND CHARGE OF PERAMBULATORS, AND DEFEAT OF THE SWELLS._] [Illustration: _A SUBURBAN DELIGHT._ _Dark Party_ (_with a ticket-of-leave, of course_). "AX YER PARDON, SIR!--BUT IF YOU WAS A-GOING DOWN THIS DARK LANE, P'RAPS YOU'D ALLOW ME AND THIS HERE YOUNG MAN TO GO ALONG WITH YER--'COS YER SEE THERE AIN'T NO PERLICE ABOUT--AND WE'RE SO PRECIOUS FEARED O' BEIN' =GAROTTED=!"] [Illustration: _TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING._ AS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU GET THE ASPARAGUS SHOT OVER YOUR FAVOURITE DRESS COAT WITH THE SILK FACINGS.] [Illustration: _GOING TO THE BALL--THE FINISHING TOUCH._] [Illustration: _"PERFORMERS," AFTER A RESPECTABLE FUNERAL._] [Illustration: _THE BRITISH JURYMAN PREPARING FOR THE WORST._ _Wife of his Bussum._ "THERE, MY LOVE, I THINK WITH WHAT YOU'VE HAD, AND THIS BOX OF CONCENTRATED LUNCHEON, YOU MAY HOLD OUT AGAINST ANY OF 'EM!"] [Illustration: _A DISTRESSED AGRICULTURIST._ _Landlord._ "WELL, MR. SPRINGWHEAT, ACCORDING TO THE PAPERS, THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBABILITY OF A CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES." _Tenant_ (_who strongly approves of War prices_). "GOODNESS GRACIOUS! WHY, YOU DON'T MEAN TO SAY THAT THERE'S ANY =DANGER OF PEACE=!"] [Illustration: _SOMETHING LIKE A HORSE-TAMER._ _Stout Party_ (_who weighs about ten sacks of flour and a cartload of bricks_). "REALLY, NOW, AND SO YOU HAVE BEEN INITIATED, AND IT'S ALL RIGHT, EH? WELL, I CERTAINLY MUST TAKE SOME LESSONS, AND BECOME A HORSE-TAMER MYSELF!"] [Illustration: _SPACIOUS ACCOMMODATION._ "THE WERRY FIRST THING AS EVER I DOES WHEN I GOES TO THE CHRISTIAL PALIS, IS GIT A CHEER!"] [Illustration: _EASIER SAID THAN DONE._ _Master of the House._ "OH, FRED, MY BOY--WHEN DINNER IS READY, YOU TAKE MRS. FURBELOW DOWNSTAIRS!"] [Illustration: _A DOUBLE GAME._ GREAT CHESS MATCH (UPON THE MORPHY SYSTEM) BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. CASTLETOP AGAINST THEIR DAUGHTER BLANCHE AND HER INTENDED, YOUNG CHARLEY ROOKTON.] [Illustration: _THE CIVIL CABMAN._ _Cabby_ (_to Old Party, who has been to the Crystal Palace_). "WANT A CAB, SIR!--SORRY I'M ENGAGED, SIR!--WERRY 'APPY TO TAKE YOU =NEXT WEEK=!"] [Illustration: _THANK GOODNESS! FLY-FISHING HAS BEGUN!_ _Miller._ "DON'T THEY, REALLY! PERHAPS THEY'LL RISE BETTER TOWARDS THE COOL OF THE EVENING. THEY MOSTLY DO!"] [Illustration: _A CAVALIER._ _Adolphus._ "NOW, GIRLS!--IF YOU'RE GAME FOR A RIDE ON THE SANDS--I'M YOUR MAN."] [Illustration: _WET DAY AT THE SEA-SIDE._ PARTY IN THE TABLEAU THINKS, THAT PERHAPS STROPPING HIS RAZORS MIGHT AMUSE HIM.]