A suggestion for impecunious parties
Edward G. Dalziel
Engraving
Fun (13 October 1880): 150
Source: Hathi Digital Library Trust and the Princeton University library.
Old Countrywoman (to Squire’s small daughter, who has brought a message from the Hall: — “Thank yewe papa, an’ day I’ll call fur the soup and scraps this afternoon, an’ roight glad I am, fur I can’t make both ends meet now.”
Squire’s Small Daughter (innocently): — “Then why don»t you make one end vegetables, Mrs. Hoggins?”