"Country Life" humor from Punch, part I

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Over a period of many years I clipped out selections from the "Country Life" section of Punch magazine and stored them in a "humor" scrapbook.  When I hosted parties at my apartment I would invite guests to sit down and try to read two pages while controlling their emotions and not smiling or laughing.  I don't recall anyone successfully doing so.  Now I'll try posting the pages here in the blog, a couple at a time.