THE "OFF" SEASON
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Daphne, that day Do you remember (Then it was May, Now it's November) Plighting our troth Nothing should sever; Binding us both Firmly, for ever? Yes, I allow Strephon's more showy;— As for me, now I prefer Chloe. Yet, if men say "Fickle," remember Then it was May, Now it's November.
Paper for the Newly-Married..—The Economist.
"À Propos!"—Sententious Old Bachelor (in the course of conversation). "As the 'old saw' has it, my dear madam, 'Man proposes, but——'"
Widow
(
promptly
). "Yes; but that's just what he doesn't do!" (
Tableau!
)
Motto for the Divorce Court.—Marry, and come up!
She. "But, George, suppose papa settles my dowry on me in my own right?"
He. "Well, my dear girl, it's—er—nothing to me if he does!"
ABOUT TO ENTER THE BRIDAL STATE