FROM THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION.

“Now, my lady, you are Queen of Dreamland! Come—your carriage awaits! Your subjects are waiting for you to give your royal assent to an act of the Dreamland Parliament entitled ‘An Act Amending and Partially Repealing the Excise Rationalization and Reform Act of XI Queen Lovely IV and Reducing the Former 7% Excise on Imported Sugarplums to 5¾%.’ ”