has been declared to be "incompatible with Christianity!" If some of
our fashionable dames uttered their innermost feelings, they would
doubtless reply, "So much the worse for--Christianity." It is so
obvious that many modish Mammas care much more for their daughters'
bodices than their souls.

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[Illustration: MR. PUNCH ON TOUR. HE ARRIVES AT KINGSTOWN BY THE IRISH
MAIL.]

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THE GUZZLING CURE.

[Sir DYCE DUCKWORTH, in a letter written to a Vegetarian
Correspondent, says, "I believe in the value of animal food
and alcoholic drinks for the best interests of man. The abuse
or misuse of either is another matter."]

[Illustration]

O plump Head-waiter, I have read
What worthy DUCKWORTH writes!
And that is why I've swiftly sped
To where your door invites.
I kept my indigestion down
Of old, by sheer starvation;
But now no longer shall I frown
On food assimilation.