TO THE HEAD COOK.

A little more beef in your soup, dear cook,

A little less salt in your mush,

A little less water in coffee and tea,

And I to your table will rush!

A little more youth in your hens, dear cook,

A little less serving of hash,

A little improvement in lunch and dessert,

And I'll willingly pay you more cash!

No change in the cuisine has taken place, and I am afraid that these lines were not read in the right spirit by her to whom they were addressed; perhaps she never got them, - perhaps she used them for curl-papers, - perhaps (oh, bitter thought!) she cannot read!

I persuaded a young lady to copy my next valentine for me, which I humbly dedicated