THE REHEARSAL.

A duet, if you please, between Norman and Grace; Sister Olive is player; she's there in her place; Tiny Grace is Soprano, and Norman is Bass. Little Grace is so eager she can not keep time, But runs on ahead without reason or rhyme. "Sing slower!" cries Norman; "it is not a race; Still slower, Soprano, and do keep your place." "It is Olive," says Gracie; "what is she about? She waited too long there, and quite put me out." "No, indeed," answers Olive, that mark means a 'rest'; You don't understand, Grace—indeed I know best." "Try again. Ah! that's better, by far than before; Now if people were here, they would cry out 'Encore,' Which means, you know, Gracie, 'Please sing it once more.'"