look perfect models,"

* * * * *

[Illustration: CONSCIENTIOUS.

_Mr. Boozle_ (_soliloquises_). "MY MEDICAL MAN TOLD ME NEVER ON ANY
ACCOUNT TO MIX MY WINES. SO I'LL FINISH THE CHAMPAGNE FIRST, AND
_THEN_ TACKLE THE CLARET!"]

* * * * *

"BUTCHER'D TO MAKE--."

[On Monday the 14th a "lion-tamer" was torn to pieces in a
show at Hednesford.]

Shame to the callous French, who goad
The horse that pulls a heavy load!
Shame to the Spanish bull-fight! Shame
To those who make of death a game!
We English are a better race:
We love the long and solemn face;
We fly from any cheerful place,--
On Sunday.

But, other days, we like a show.
There may be danger, as we know;
We put the thought of that aside,
For noble sport is England's pride: