FOR YOUNG SHOOTERS 29 



CHAPTEE VI 



LADIES AT LUNCH 



How delightful it is to awaken interest in the 

 female breast, to make the heart of lovely woman 

 go pit-pat, as her eyes read the words one's pen 

 has written. Even in drawing-rooms and boudoirs, 

 it seems, bright eyes have marked these attempts 

 to teach a correct conversational manner to those 

 who engage in game-shooting. Here is one letter 

 of the hundreds that poured in upon the humble 

 author of these ' Hints ' during their serial ap- 

 pearance in Mr. Punch's columns. 



'We have all been so delighted to read your 

 articles about shooting. I read them to papa after 

 dinner in the drawing-room. Mamma says she 

 doesn't understand such matters; but, of course, 

 things have altered very much since her young 

 days, as she is always telling us. Now I want to 

 ask your opinion about an important point. Do 



