Elocution.—A retired actress has been teaching elocution to tho children in a provincial town, and the old people declare that all the young folks say "bee-youtiful skeeye” and “the noble Juke.” Cruel.—A few weeks ago a well-known artist bad, according to custom, thrown open his studio to his friends and patrons for a private view of his pictures intended for the walla of the Koyal Academy. One represented a merry party dancing, the host’s face beaming with pleasure as ho raised a glass of champagne to his lips “I don’t know,” said the artist to a friend, “ \yhat on earth to call this picture. How account for the happy expression on the face of the host ?” “ Well, if I were you,” replied the visitor, “ I should simply call it ‘ Death of a Mother-in-law !’ ”
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Evening Star, Issue 3281, 26 August 1873, Page 3
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133Untitled Evening Star, Issue 3281, 26 August 1873, Page 3
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