_Mrs. Markham_. And you, FRANK--what do you know of TALLEYRAND?
_Frank_. That there seemed to be some doubt about his proper title.
Some called him "Monseigneur," some "Monsieur," and some even "My
shoe" and "My sheer."
_Mrs. Markham_. Well, my dear children, you all seem to have been very
observant, and let me hope that if _A Royal Divorce_ does not exactly
add to the reputation of NAPOLEON, JOSEPHINE, Mr. WILLS, or MARIE
LOUISE, it may yet fill the coffers of Miss GRACE HAWTHORNE.
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NAVAL NOTE.--The Shibboleth of international courtesy in these days of
big Iron-clad Fleets should surely be, "May it please your Warships!"
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SONG OF THE SHAMPOOED ONE (AFTER TENNYSON),--"Sweet after showers
ambrosial (h)air!"
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[Illustration: CAUSE AND EFFECT.
"MY LITTLE BOY, SIR, DIED WHEN HE WAS ONLY TWO MONTHS OLD, JUST AFTER
HE HAD BEEN VACCINATED."
"HOW VERY SAD! HAD HE BEEN BAPTISED?"
"YES, SIR; BUT IT WAS THE _VACCINATION_ AS CARRIED HIM OFF, SIR!"]
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THE MODERN "BED OF PROCRUSTES."
[PROCRUSTES, or "the Stretcher," was the surname of one
POLYPEMON, a Greek "gentleman of the road," whose amiable
habit was to stretch or shorten the bodies of travellers who
fell into his hands, so as to make them of the same length as
a certain bed of his upon which it was his wont to tie them.
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