Might Have Been Awkward

Wood engraving by the Dalziels

Judy (16 May 1877): 58

Amicable Elderly Gentleman And how are you my dear Madam. I declare you grow Younger and Younger eveeryday! And how are —— all the Family?

The poor old dear doesn’t see as well as he used to do, and he is taking the Eldest Daughter for her Mamma. As he leaves it, though, she doesn’t quite understand, and he never knows.

Courtesy of the HathiTrust and the Harvard University Library.