AT A DANCE. "_Let me get you a partner, Mr.--'er--'er Smith_;" _i.e._, "He'll do for dowdy Miss JONES, who has only danced once the whole night." "_Shall we take a turn round now?_" _i.e._, "She can't waltz any more than a crane, and parading is better than hopping." "_Not dancing to-night, Mr. Sprawle? Now, that's very naughty of you, with so many nice girls here_;" _i.e._, "What an escape for the nice girls!" A LITTLE MUSIC. "_I_ hope _you brought your Music with you, dear_;" _i.e._, "If _only_ she had left it in the cab!" "_I would with pleasure, but I've such a shocking cold that really, &c._;" _i.e._, "I want a little more pressing, and then I'll come out strong, and astonish them, I fancy." "_Oh do! We have been looking forward to your Banjo-solo all the evening_;" _i.e._, "With horror!" CURIOMANIA, ETC. "_How delightful it must be to have such a hobby!_" _i.e._, "Thank heavens, I am not so afflicted!" "_It must have cost you a heap of money_;" _i.e._, "How he's been 'done'!" "_What a wonderful collection of pictures you have here!_" _i.e._, "Must say something. Wouldn't give ten pounds for the lot." RAILROAD AMENITIES. "_So glad you got into the same carriage. A little of your conversation so lightens a long journey_;" _i.e._, "He'll talk my head off, and render a nap impossible." "_Would you like to look at the papers?_" _i.e._, "May keep her tongue still for a few minutes." * * * * * The Busy "B." [Mr. BANCROFT has just settled one theatrical difference, and now he is engaged on a "far more delicate matter"; i.e., a dispute between a Manager and an Actor.] How doth the little busy "B" Employ each leisure hour? By arbitrating all the day With great dramatic power. * * * * * EXTREMES MEET.--"_The Darkies' Africa_" is an Eastern entertainment at Weston's Music Hall. * * * * * Couldn't Slander and Libel causes be appropriately heard in Sir JAMES HANNEN'S Admiralty Court, as "Running Down Cases?" * * * * * [Illustration: THE CHEAP FARES. _Passengers._ "WE'RE FULL--THERE'S NO ROOM!" _Conductor._ "WE MUST MAKE ROOM FOR 'ER. THERE'S ROOM FOR ONE ON THE NEAR SIDE 'ERE. B'SIDES YOU'RE ALL SHORT PENN'ORTHS, AND SHE'S A FOURPENN'ORTH--GOES THE WHOLE WAY!"] * * * * * "THE PROMISE OF MAY." (_As the Proletariat paints it._)