Miss Nelly sits cool in the cricketer's booth
And watches the game, about which, in good sooth,
Her curious interest ne'er ceases.
She now wants to know of the flannel-clad youth,
However the wickets can well be kept smooth,
When she hears they are always in creases!
MILTONIC MEDITATION (by a looker-on at lawn-tennis).--"They also serve who only stand and wait."
APPROPRIATE TO THE SEASON.--Q. What is double as good a game as Fives?--A. (evident) Tennis.
GOING TO THE DEUCE.--Getting thirty to forty at lawn-tennis.
SUGGESTION TO PROVINCIAL LAWN-TENNIS CLUB.--Why not give lawn-tennis balls in costume during the winter?
MOST APPROPRIATE ATTIRE.--A "grass-lawn" tennis costume.
THE GAME FOR RACKETY BISHOPS.--Lawn-tennis.
Miss Delamode (of Belgravia). "Well, dear, I must be off. Don't you love Lord's?"
Miss Dowdesley (of Far-West Kensingtonia). "I'm sure I should, only----" (immersed in her own dreams)--"We don't know any!"
