_'Arriet._ There's one keeps sayin' "Pudd'n" as plain as possible. There agen--"Pudd'n!" d'jear 'im? They orter bring that young SHAZARDER chap to see this; he'd feel at _'ome_ 'ere, among all these Injians, wouldn' 'e? _'Arry._ They ain't Injians--they're _Afrikins_, didn't you know _that_ much? _'Arriet._ Oh, you're so partickler, _you_ are! _Mrs. Keyveve_ (_during the Dromedary Race_). _How_ seasick one must feel on those wobbly camels! _Mr. Frivell._ The Camel has been beautifully called the "Ship of the Desert." _A Husband_ (_confidentially, to his neighbour_). Yer know, the Missus ain't _enjoyin'_ all this, _she_ aint--you see. I'll arsk her, and you 'ear what she sez. (_To his_ "Missus.") 'Ow d'yer _like_ it, eh, Mother? _His "Missus"_ (_with self-repression_). Oh--middlin'. _Husband_ (_insistently_). Ah, I know what _that_ means; yer don't _care_ about it. Now, _do_ yer? _His "Missus."_ It's well enough--in its way. (_With irrepressible candour._) I'd sooner see the Mow'ork Minstruels. _Husband_ (_to his neighbour, with a mixture of chagrin and complacency_). Didn't I _tell_ yer? That's where it is. I don't know a more severer criteek anywheres than what my ole woman is! _Miss Simpson._ Look at those dear ostriches running after one another and opening their beaks. Now _that_'s not imitation, you know! _'Arry_ (_with his characteristic eye for analogy--as the entire caravan parades past in procession_). There they _are_, yer see--_Comin' 'Ome from Southend!_ [Illustration: "There they _are_, yer see--Comin' 'Ome from Southend!"] * * * * * SMALL BY DEGREES AND BEAUTIFULLY LESS.--Our excellent contemporary the _Northern Whig_ allows a correspondent to call attention to the nuisance of cycling in Malone Park. Apparently our "fellow-subjects of the sister kingdom" have followed the lead of "the beginners of Battersea," and "made themselves a source of annoyance to the majority of people resident in the locality." If "the nuisance" is permitted, the correspondent suggests the Park will soon be deserted. When this happens, the cyclist can appropriately alter his ride (by cutting off a letter) around Malone to Alone. * * * * * OPERATIC NOTES. [Illustration: Zerlina Patti accompanied by her Squire on the violoncello.] Another two "turns" and PATTI is off. Delightful to see and hear her as _Zerlina_ in immortal Opera _Don Giovanni_. "_Patti Patti_" with "_Batti Batti_," "_La ci darem_," and all old friends admirably given and heartily encored. After one of the encores MAGGIE MACINTYRE walks off suddenly as if in search of lost pocket-handkerchief. In most serious moments ever a twinkle in MAGGIE'S eye, and twitch at the corners of MAGGIE'S mouth, as if giving audience clearly to understand that she is "only purtendin'."