Any Earl who marries
ANASTASIA JAY
Will (except in Paris)
Get his little way,
Fear no interference;
Relatives remain,--
But their disappearance
Beats me to explain.

THOMAS, I adore thee!--
"THOMAS" _is_ thy name,
Isn't it?--the more the
Scandal and the shame!
All I ask you, TOM, is
Just one loving line,
One type-written promise
Publishing you mine.

Matrimony's heart is
Houselike, "half-detached,"
Seldom save at parties
Or in papers matched--
Answer "Yes," or break'll
This poor heart of mine.
Be my _Fin-de-Siècle_,
Be my Valentine!

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QUERY BY A DEPRESSED CONVALESCENT.--"This Influenza is nothing new,