the Ministers again bade one another adieu, and, this time, finally
separated.

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[Illustration: THE PITFALLS OF CULTURE.

_Friendly and Sympathetic Footman_. "WELL, THEY TELL ME, SIR, AS
MR. BROWN, THE DENTIST ROUND THE CORNER, IS QUITE AT THE 'EAD OF THE
PERFESSION,--IN FACT, WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL '_PRINCIPLY FORCEPS_,' SIR!"

[_No doubt the good man intended to say "Facile princeps," but he
didn't._]]

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A GREAT LOSS TO EVERYBODY.--It is a great source of disappointment to
_Mr. Punch_ that GRANDOLPH should have declined to be an Alderman.
It may be a question as to whether he would have enlarged the sphere
of his influence, but, by accepting the turtle, it is aldermanically
certain that within six months our GRANDOLPH would have doubled his
weight and increased his circumference.

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"HAIR-CUTTING, SINGEING, AND SHAMPOOING."

(_A SKETCH IN A HAIR-DRESSER'S SALOON._)

SCENE--_A small but well-appointed Saloon, with the usual