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PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
VOL. 100.

February 7, 1891.


THE "MODEL HUSBAND" CONTEST.
SCENE THE FIRST--_AT THE GALAHAD-GREENS'_.
_Mrs. G.-G._ GALAHAD!
_Mr. G.-G._ (_meekly_). My love?
[Illustration]
_Mrs. G.-G._ I see that the proprietors of _All Sorts_ are going to
follow the American example, and offer a prize of L20 to the wife
who makes out the best case for her husband as a Model. It's just as
well, perhaps, that you should know that I've made up my mind to enter
_you_!
_Mr. G.-G._ (_gratified_). My dear CORNELIA! really, I'd no idea you
had such a--
_Mrs. G.-G._ Nonsense! The drawing-room carpet is a perfect disgrace,
and, as you can't, or won't, provide the money in any _other_ way,
why--Would you like to hear what I've said about you?
_Mr. G.-G._ Well, if you're sure it wouldn't he troubling you too
much, I _should_, my dear.
_Mrs. G.-G._ Then sit where I can see you, and listen. (_She reads._)
"Irreproachable in all that pertains to morality"--(and it would
be a bad day indeed for you, GALAHAD, if I ever had cause to think
_otherwise_.
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