EPIGRAMS.

EPIGRAMS.

THE EXPLANATION.

'HARLES, discoursing rather freely

CH

Of the unimportant part

Which (he said) our clever women
Play in Science and in Art,

"Ah!

the sex you undervalue";

Cried his lovely cousin Jane.

"No, indeed!" responded Charley,

“Pray allow me to explain;

Such a paragon is woman,

That, you see, it must be true

She is always vastly better

Than the best that she can do!"

FAMILY QUARRELS.

"A FOOL," said Jeanette, ❝ is a creature I hate!"

"But hating," quoth John, "is immoral;

Besides, my dear girl, it's a terrible fate

To be found in a family quarrel !”

TEACHING BY EXAMPLE.

"WHAT is the 'Poet's License,' say?"

Asked rose-lipped Anna of a poet.

"Now give me an example, pray,

That when I see one I may know it."
Quick as a flash he plants a kiss
Where perfect kisses always fall.
"Nay, sir! what liberty is this?”
"The Poet's License,

that is all!"

A COMMON ALTERNATIVE.

"SAY, what's to be done with this window, dear

Jack?

The cold rushes through it at every crack."

Quoth John: "I know little of carpenter-craft, But I think, my dear wife, you will have to go through The very same process that other folks do,

That is, you must list or submit to the draught!”

A PLAIN CASE.

WHEN Tutor Thompson goes to bed,

WH

That very moment, it is said,

The cautious man puts out the light,
And draws the curtain snug and tight.
You marvel much why this should be,
But when his spouse you chance to see,
What seemed before a puzzling case
Is plain as

Mrs. Thompson's face!