_Leafy June 30_.

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[Illustration: "ACCORDING TO HIS FOLLY!"

_Hostess_. "I'VE GOT _SUCH_ A COLD TO-DAY. I FEEL QUITE _STUPID_!"

_Prize Idiot_ (_calling_). "I'VE GOT A BAD COLD TOO; BUT _I_ DON'T
FEEL PARTICULARLY STUPID!

_Hostess_. "AH, I SEE YOU'RE NOT QUITE YOURSELF!"]

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THE POLITICAL JOHNNY GILPIN.

(_Lately-discovered Fragments of a Grand Old Ballad, the
Sequel to which may--or may not--turn up later on._)

JOHN GILPIN was a patriot
Of credit and renown;
A Grand Old Leader eke was he,
Of famous London town.

JOHN's Liberal Lady said, "Oh, dear!
Out in the cold we've been
These seven tedious years, and have
No chance of Office seen.