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She (after an absence of several years abroad): HOW DO YOU DO? SO DELIGHTED, I'M SURE. NOT MARRIED YET? WHY, THE

LAST TIME I SAW YOU, IT SEEMS TO ME YOU WERE ENGAGED.

He: YES, I WAS.

She: LET'S SEE; TO WHOM?
He: TO YOU.

Now

OUR FRESH AIR FUND.

that the warmth of summer is well upon us, LIFE wishes to remind you of your generosity in the years gone by, and to suggest, with proper delicacy, that you do not withdraw the helping hand you have taught us to rely upon. The city-bound children of the poor are numberless, and waiting, and our contribution box is open.

A year ago, as our readers are aware, we transferred our summer home for children from New Jersey to Branchville, in Connecticut.

It is our wish, before entering upon another season, to pay a word of tribute to the kindness, generosity and active interest of Mr. Edwin Gilbert. It is through this firm friend to the children that we acquired, for a term of years, a spacious house, with its outbuildings and surrounding acres of grass and orchards, at a rental so low that it becomes practically a gift.

Our cash account to date is as follows:

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Old Friend of the Family: DO YOU THINK YOU CAN LIVE HAPPILY WITH HIM?

Perdita: O, I DON'T EXPECT that.

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