From an article entitled "Is it Safe for Cousins to marry?":--

"It is just as well, however, to pick out somebody besides your
cousin for your wife." _The Family Doctor_.

Before acting on this advice, however, it might be safer to consult
The Family Lawyer.

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[Illustration: AFTER A DAY ON THE ALLOTMENT.

"SUDDENLY SHE REALISED THAT HER IDOL HAD FEET OF CLAY."--_Extract from
popular novel_.]

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THE VERY GLAD EYE.

Mother put down the key of the hen-house and took up the letters that
lay beside her plate.

"If only Joan would write larger," she sighed, turning over an
envelope across which an ant seemed to have walked and left an inky
trail. "I've mislaid my glass too, and shan't be able to read a word.
Where could I have put the miserable thing?" she asked, peering again
at the ridiculous little script.

Father put down his paper and said these hunts for Aunt Matilda were