[Illustration: “HOW CAN YOU WANT TO MARRY MY DAUGHTER IF YOU HAVE NEVER MET HER, AND KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HER?” “BUT I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU, SIR.”] [Illustration: “COME, LET US FORGIVE AND FORGET.”] [Illustration: MUTUAL. _Amateur Actor:_ “I AM AFRAID, OLD MAN, I SHALL HAVE TO KISS YOUR WIFE IN THE THIRD ACT. YOU WON’T MIND IT, WILL YOU?” _His Intimate Friend:_ “NOT IF YOU DON’T.”] [Illustration: THESE FOREIGN RELATIONS. “DO I WANT TO GO IN WITH THAT CROWD?”] [Illustration: A MISCONCEPTION. “I JUST OVERHEARD YOU SAY, MR. GRAY, THAT MY DAUGHTER’S FACE WOULD MAKE A MAN CLIMB A FENCE.” “I MEANT IF HE WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.”] [Illustration: THE LUCKY RICH.] [Illustration: PREPARING FOR THE FANCY DRESS BALL.] [Illustration: MAROONED.] [Illustration: HIS EXPERIENCE. _She:_ “IT MUST BE A TERRIBLE THING TO BE PARALYZED.” “IT IS. YOU FEEL SO MEAN THE NEXT MORNING.”] [Illustration: WHEN YOU’RE BORED.] [Illustration:] [Illustration: A CONSULTATION. “DON’T THE DOCTORS AGREE ABOUT YOUR CASE?” “NO. THEY HAVEN’T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE EACH OTHER ALONE UNTIL NOW.”] [Illustration. THE WONDERS OF PALMISTRY. In which he is told he will marry a blonde who loves him, but he will have to speak quick.] [Illustration: JAMES. COLONEL SAPT. --_Anthony Hope’s “Rupert of Hentzau.”_] [Illustration: RUDOLPH RASSENDYLL. PRINCESS FLAVIA. COLONEL SAPT. LIEUTENANT BERNENSTEIN. --_Anthony Hope’s “Rupert of Hentzau.”_] [Illustration] [Illustration: THE LASS THAT LOVED A SAILOR.] [Illustration] [Illustration: “THEY DON’T EVEN KNOW ‘TOMMY ATKINS.’” --_Richard Harding Davis’ “Soldiers of Fortune.”_] [Illustration: THE NIGHT BEFORE HER WEDDING.] [Illustration: AS THE DAYS GET SHORTER. _His Horse:_ “DO YOU THINK IT’S A GO?” _Her Horse:_ “WE’VE BEEN HERE EVERY DAY FOR A MONTH, BUT THEN YOU NEVER CAN TELL.”] [Illustration] [Illustration: THE AMERICAN BODY-GUARD. THE INAUGURATION BALL AT WASHINGTON.] [Illustration] [Illustration: THE DECISION OF HEAVEN. --_Anthony Hope’s “Rupert of Hentzau.”_] [Illustration: THE WRETCHED HEATHEN.] [Illustration: IN THE ORIENT.] [Illustration: A SPECIAL EXHIBIT. “ARE YOU EXHIBITING AT THE HORSE SHOW THIS YEAR?” “YES, I AM SENDING MY DAUGHTER.”] [Illustration: WILD ENTHUSIASM AT THE HORSE SHOW. DURING A CRITICAL EVENT IN THE RING.] [Illustration: A NEW ADDITION. “OWING TO THE RECENT INCREASE IN MY FAMILY I HAVE HAD TO TAKE A LARGER HOUSE.” “BOY OR GIRL?” “SON-IN-LAW.” [Illustration: THE LATEST NOBLEMAN. “GIRLS, GIRLS, DON’T PRESS HIS GRACE! HE CAN ONLY TAKE ONE OF YOU, AND WITH HIM IT IS PURELY A MATTER OF BUSINESS.”] [Illustration: HALLOWE’EN FANCIES.] [Illustration: MATES.] [Illustration: A GRUESOME VISION. _He:_ “DO YOU KNOW, WHEN I CAME NEAR BEING DROWNED LAST SUMMER, I SAW ALL MY PAST LIFE IN AN INSTANT.” _She:_ “OH, HOW AWFUL!”] [Illustration: “THE ONLY PEBBLE ON THE BEACH”] [Illustration] [Illustration: IN GERMANY] [Illustration] [Illustration: A GAME OF CHECKERS IN MUNICH.]